# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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

- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads overall 60.5 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 60.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 75.0% and 65.2%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 60.5 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | 50.2% | Tie |
| 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
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | 56.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | 84.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 65.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| 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
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.3 (#16/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #71/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | 84.8% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | 82.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| 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
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 60.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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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