# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash leads overall 70.1 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 68.6 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 73.8% and 50.2%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 70.1 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 50.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| 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 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| deepSwe | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 84.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 65.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| 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
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 84.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 82.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| 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 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 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 3.6 Flash or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 68.6 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 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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