# Inkling vs Ling 3.0 Flash

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling 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

- Inkling leads overall 62.78 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 58.4 for Inkling and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 46% and 22.7%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 62.78 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #119/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | 72.2% | Inkling |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 65.5% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | 50.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 41.4 (Supported · #132/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 56.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | 84.0% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | 65.2% | Inkling |
| 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
- Inkling public-lane score: 49 (#38/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.4 (Supported · #45/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | 85.0% | Inkling |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 85.0% | Inkling |
| HLE | 46% | 22.7% | Inkling |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | 84.8% | Inkling |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 82.0% | Inkling |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 85.2 (#43/120)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | 74.5% | Inkling |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 93.2% | Inkling |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 58.4 for Inkling and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 21 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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