# Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Ling 2.6 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Ling 2.6 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-5-vs-ling-2-6-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Ling 2.6 Flash.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Ling 2.6 Flash do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Ling 2.6 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 53.74 | 43.68 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 44.6 (Estimated · #100/151)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 39.9 (Estimated · #122/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 17.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 48.51% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 27.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 51 (Estimated · #67/183)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 42.7 (Estimated · #127/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 19.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 13.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 51.6 (Estimated · #81/181)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 41.4 (Estimated · #132/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 46.6 (#86/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 34.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 13.495% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Ling 2.6 Flash on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Ling 2.6 Flash vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking](/compare/claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking-vs-ling-2-6-flash)
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- [Ling 2.6 Flash vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-ling-2-6-flash)

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