# Claude Opus 4.8 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.8 and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-8-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.8 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 Opus 4.8 leads overall 72.3 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 71.7 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 57.9% and 22.7%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.8 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 72.3 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 63.2 (Supported · #16/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.3% | 72.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| DeepSearchQA | 93.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 82.2% | 65.5% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Toolathlon | 59.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 72.97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.9% | 50.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 66.5 (Supported · #12/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 69.2% | 56.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE Multilingual | 84.4% | 72.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE Multimodal | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 46.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.8% | 84.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.6% | 65.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 87.8 (#3/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 55.1 (#20/22)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 1.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 71.7 (Supported · #9/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.6% | 85.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| GPQA-D | 93.6% | 85.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE | 57.9% | 22.7% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE w/o tools | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.4% | 84.8% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.6% | 82.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 75.2 (#59/120)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 65.4 (#2/7)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.241% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.250% | 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 Opus 4.8 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Claude Opus 4.8 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.8 and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 71.7 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.8 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.8 currently has 38 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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