# Claude Fable 5.1 vs Ling 3.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5.1 and Ling 3.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-ling-3-1-flash
- Last updated: September 30, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Fable 5.1 and Ling 3.1 Flash share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ling 3.1 Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5.1 | Ling 3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 82.1 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 30 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 79 (Supported · #2/119)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 55.80% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 31.4% | 52.5% | Ling 3.1 Flash |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass@3 | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass³ | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified avg. turns | 23.7 turns | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 58.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 80 (Supported · #3/144)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 43 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 67.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 56.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench4 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 81.4 (#3/27)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 65.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 85.7 (Supported · #3/170)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 60.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 65.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 1.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Fable 5.1 and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Claude Fable 5.1 profile](/models/claude-fable-5-1)
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