# LFM2.5-230M vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-230M and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-230m-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ling 3.0 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-230M only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Ling 3.0 Flash leads overall 52.2 to 34.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 9.7 for LFM2.5-230M and 75.6 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 25.4% and 85.0%.
- 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 | LFM2.5-230M | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: 44.7 (Estimated · #99/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 21.0% | 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
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: 35.6 (Estimated · #161/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 25.4% | 85.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| GPQA-D | 25.4% | 85.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro | 20.3% | Coming soon | 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: Ling 3.0 Flash
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: 9.7 (#119/120)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 71.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 38.4% | 74.5% | Ling 3.0 Flash |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | 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, LFM2.5-230M or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Ling 3.0 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM2.5-230M and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 9.7 for LFM2.5-230M and 75.6 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-230M cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-230M currently has 6 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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