# Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-haiku-4-5-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 3.0 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Haiku 4.5 leads overall 52.73 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 28.9 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 73.7 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 41.2% and 84.0%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Ling 3.0 Flash also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 52.73 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $5.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 27 (Supported · #143/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| JobBench | 16.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 43.8% | 50.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 27.3 (Supported · #173/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 41.2% | 84.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.6% | 65.2% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 44.6 (Estimated · #117/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 72.2% | 84.8% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 78.7% | 82.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 28.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 5.903% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.083% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 93.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 28.9 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 73.7 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Haiku 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Haiku 4.5 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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