# Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-fp8-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and ZAYA1-8B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- ZAYA1-8B has the lower published output-token price.
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #82/154)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 43.6 (Estimated · #120/184)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84% | 71% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
| GPQA-D | 84.0% | 71.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: 69.7 (#65/124)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.5 (#121/124)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 73.4% | 52.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and ZAYA1-8B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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

- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Ling 3.0 Flash](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-ling-3-0-flash-fp8)
- [ZAYA1-8B vs Ling 3.0 Flash](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-zaya1-8b)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-fp8-vs-ling-3-0-flash-vl)
- [ZAYA1-8B vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vl-vs-zaya1-8b)

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- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 profile](/models/ling-3-0-flash-fp8)
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