# Ling 3.0 Flash vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ling 3.0 Flash and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sage-A1.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate 62.82 to 45.01. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 33.4 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 72.2% and 81.7%.
- Sage-A1.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 45.01 | 62.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 33.4 (Supported · #88/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 | 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% | 81.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| DRACO | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 21.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 53.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 31.6 (Supported · #93/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.6% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 72.4% | 72.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 41.2% | 44.3% | Sage-A1.5 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.9 (Supported · #107/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Sage-A1.5
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.2 (#70/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.5% | 81.6% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 81.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sage-A1.5 | 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 Sage-A1.5?

Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ling 3.0 Flash and Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 33.4 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.

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

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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