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Model comparison

Ling 2.6 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 15 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

InclusionAI
43.87/100
Margin
20.4pts
← winning
23.49/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Ling 2.6 Flash #154 (Estimated); Llama 4 Maverick #191 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Ling 2.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick share 15 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 3 results are unique to Ling 2.6 Flash; 3 to Llama 4 Maverick.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
15
Ling 2.6 Flash only
3
Llama 4 Maverick only
3
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Ling 2.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 15 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Ling 2.6 Flash.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Ling 2.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick
CategoryLing 2.6 FlashΔLlama 4 Maverick
CodingLing 2.6 Flash27.0MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
KnowledgeLing 2.6 Flash59.0MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
MathLing 2.6 FlashNot measuredMarginNo overlapLlama 4 Maverick0.7
Inst. FollowingLing 2.6 Flash57.0MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensLing 2.6 FlashNot availableLlama 4 Maverick$0 input / $0 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondLing 2.6 Flash209.5 tok/sLlama 4 Maverick121 tok/sLing 2.6 Flash has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenLing 2.6 Flash1.07 sLlama 4 Maverick0.95 sLlama 4 Maverick reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensLing 2.6 Flash262KLlama 4 Maverick1MLlama 4 Maverick lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 86%17.8%Ling 2.6 Flash leads
GDPval-AASource 2.2%0.0%Ling 2.6 Flash leads
GDPval-AASource 545-16Ling 2.6 Flash leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 2.3%1.3%Ling 2.6 Flash leads
Coding
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
SciCodeSource 27%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 25.3%16.3%Ling 2.6 Flash leads
AA-SciCodeSource 27.1%33.1%Llama 4 Maverick leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-LCRSource 25.0%46.0%Llama 4 Maverick leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.0%Tie
Knowledge
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 14.1%14.3%Llama 4 Maverick leads
GPQASource 59%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 59.3%67.1%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-HLESource 6.2%4.8%Ling 2.6 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -65.7%-41.8%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 15.4%24.3%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 95.8%87.3%Llama 4 Maverick leads
Math
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.690%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 62.1%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 901Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkLing 2.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
IFBenchSource 57%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 57.4%43.0%Ling 2.6 Flash leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Ling 2.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Ling 2.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick today?

Ling 2.6 Flash: Pricing unavailable Llama 4 Maverick: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Ling 2.6 Flash
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Llama 4 Maverick
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,610
Break-even
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 21, 2026

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