Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Grok Code Fast 1
39
Ling 2.6 Flash
36
Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 2.6 Flash only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 262K context window.
Coding
+43.8 difference
Grok Code Fast 1
Ling 2.6 Flash
$0.2 / $1.5
$null / $null
172 t/s
209.5 t/s
2.81s
1.07s
256K
262K
Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 2.6 Flash only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 262K context window.
Grok Code Fast 1 has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 39 versus 36. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Grok Code Fast 1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 70.8 against 27.
Ling 2.6 Flash gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Grok Code Fast 1.
Grok Code Fast 1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 39 to 36.
Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.8 versus 27. Inside this category, AA-SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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