Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GPT-4.1 nano
28
Ling 2.6 Flash
44
Pick Ling 2.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.
Knowledge
+8.7 difference
Inst. Following
+26.2 difference
GPT-4.1 nano
Ling 2.6 Flash
$0.1 / $0.4
$0.1 / $0.3
181 t/s
209.5 t/s
0.63s
1.07s
1M
262K
Pick Ling 2.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.
Ling 2.6 Flash is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 44 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Ling 2.6 Flash's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 59 against 50.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 50.3% to 59%. GPT-4.1 nano does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GPT-4.1 nano is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.10 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens for Ling 2.6 Flash. GPT-4.1 nano gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Ling 2.6 Flash.
Ling 2.6 Flash is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 44 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 50.3% and 59%.
Ling 2.6 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 59 versus 50.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83.2 versus 57. Ling 2.6 Flash stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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