# Flint vs Ling 3.1 Flash

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/flint-40b-a2-5b-vs-ling-3-1-flash
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Flint 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.
- Ling 3.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Flint | Ling 3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Recursive | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 68.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (Estimated · #22/132)

| Benchmark | Flint | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.9% | 81.2% | Ling 3.1 Flash |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 52.5% | 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 |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 47.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: 57.2 (Estimated · #27/153)

| Benchmark | Flint | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench4 | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 64.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 59.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: 82 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.4 (Supported · #43/187)

| Benchmark | Flint | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 65.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/152)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Flint 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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## Explore More

- [Flint profile](/models/flint-40b-a2-5b)
- [Ling 3.1 Flash profile](/models/ling-3-1-flash)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)