# Grok 4.20 vs Ling 3.0 Flash FP8

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.20 and Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-ling-3-0-flash-fp8
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.20 and Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 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 3.0 Flash FP8 has the lower published output-token price.
- Grok 4.20 has the larger published context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.27 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 26.5 (Supported · #149/154)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 47.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 38.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 44.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 28.3 (Supported · #145/154)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 4.06% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#43/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 75.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 60.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 53.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #87/184)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 88.5% | 84.0% | Grok 4.20 |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: 69.7 (#65/124)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.20 and Ling 3.0 Flash FP8?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Grok 4.20 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-agent](/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-grok-4-20-multi-agent-beta)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-agent](/compare/grok-4-20-multi-agent-beta-vs-ling-3-0-flash-fp8)
- [Grok 4.20 vs Ling 3.0 Flash](/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-ling-3-0-flash)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Ling 3.0 Flash](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-ling-3-0-flash-fp8)

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- [Grok 4.20 profile](/models/grok-4-20-beta)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 profile](/models/ling-3-0-flash-fp8)
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