# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 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 Sonnet 4.6 leads overall 64.21 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 47.9 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 75.6 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 49% 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.
- Ling 3.0 Flash also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 64.21 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 45 (Supported · #96/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | 50.2% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| 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 Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #55/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | 84.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | 65.2% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 54.1 (#33/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 65.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 56.7 (Supported · #51/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 85.0% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | 22.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 84.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | 82.0% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 47.9 (#84/120)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 49 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | 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 Sonnet 4.6 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 47.9 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 75.6 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 25 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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