# Ling 3.0 Flash Sante vs Step 5 Preview

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-sante-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante and Step 5 Preview share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ling 3.0 Flash Sante has the lower published output-token price.
- Step 5 Preview has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash Sante | Step 5 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 69.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.00 / $2.70 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash Sante public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 65.1 (Estimated · #18/132)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash Sante | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 80.2% | 88.7% | Step 5 Preview |
| DeepSearchQA | 90.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 57.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 75.6% | 85.6% | Step 5 Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 33.30% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 44.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.8% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | Coming soon | 32.8% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash Sante public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 60.6 (Estimated · #21/153)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash Sante | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash Sante public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash Sante | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash Sante public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 73.4 (#30/56)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash Sante | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ling 3.0 Flash Sante public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 68.1 (Supported · #23/187)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash Sante | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HealthBench Professional | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 51.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 46.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Ling 3.0 Flash Sante and Step 5 Preview?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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.

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