# Grok 4.20 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.20 and Ling 3.0 Flash 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
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.20 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

- Grok 4.20 leads overall 67.01 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 34.2 for Grok 4.20 and 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 72.2% 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.
- Grok 4.20 also has the larger context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 67.01 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 26.5 (Supported · #144/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash | 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% | 50.2% | Ling 3.0 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
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #171/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | 56.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 4.06% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.3% | 84.0% | Grok 4.20 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.2% | 65.2% | Grok 4.20 |
| 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
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#43/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash | 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: Coming soon
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

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

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.20
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #97/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 88.5% | 85.0% | 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% | 84.8% | Grok 4.20 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 82.0% | Grok 4.20 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | 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, Grok 4.20 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Grok 4.20 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Grok 4.20 and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 34.2 for Grok 4.20 and 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.20 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.20 currently has 23 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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