# Hy4 preview vs Ling 3.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Hy4 preview and Ling 3.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/hy4-preview-vs-ling-3-1-flash
- Last updated: September 30, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Hy4 preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 3.1 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Hy4 preview leads overall 60.17 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AutomationBench in Agentic, with scores of 32.1% and 52.5%.
- Ling 3.1 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Hy4 preview also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Tencent | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 60.17 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 30 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 53.5 (Estimated · #37/119)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 78.4% | 87.9% | Ling 3.1 Flash |
| WideResearch | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DRACO | 77.2% | 85.5% | Ling 3.1 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 37.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 62.9% | 68.7% | Ling 3.1 Flash |
| JobBench | 61.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 22.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 32.1% | 52.5% | Ling 3.1 Flash |
| BankerToolBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 55.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 53.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 60.9 (Supported · #19/144)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 82.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 17.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 35.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench4 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 16.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 84.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 62.7 (Estimated · #36/170)
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 55.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 65.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ling 3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Hy4 preview or Ling 3.1 Flash?

Hy4 preview is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Hy4 preview cover on BenchLM?

Hy4 preview currently has 30 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.1 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.1 Flash currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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