# Granite 4.2 30B vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 30B and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Granite 4.2 30B 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

- Granite 4.2 30B leads overall 50 to 47.51.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 54.7 for Granite 4.2 30B and 71.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 41.9% and 72.4%.
- 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 | Granite 4.2 30B | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 47.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 41.9 (Estimated · #108/152)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 61.4% | 73.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #113/151)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 41.9% | 72.4% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | 33.3% | 56.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 38.8% | 41.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 71.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 44.6 (Supported · #113/183)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 66.4% | 85.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#60/123)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77.2% | 74.5% | Granite 4.2 30B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 89.2% | 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, Granite 4.2 30B or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Granite 4.2 30B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Granite 4.2 30B and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 54.7 for Granite 4.2 30B and 71.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 30B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 30B currently has 14 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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