# Ling 3.0 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ling 3.0 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b
- 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. Mistral Medium 3.5 128B 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 48.95.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 40 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 27.4 for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 84.8% and 34.8%.
- 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 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.2 | 48.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $1.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 27.4 (Supported · #141/151)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MCP Atlas | 65.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 44.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DRACO | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | 39.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.10% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 41.1 (Estimated · #136/183)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 65.2% | 66.4% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 55.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 68 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 42 (Supported · #131/181)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.8% | 34.8% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.0% | 75.3% | Ling 3.0 Flash |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 83.7 (#47/120)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 93.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ling 3.0 Flash or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?

Ling 3.0 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ling 3.0 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 40 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 27.4 for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Mistral Medium 3.5 128B cover on BenchLM?

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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