# Ling 3.0 Flash vs Sakana Fugu

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-sakana-fugu
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Sakana Fugu leads overall 69 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 69.6 for Sakana Fugu.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SciCode in Coding, with scores of 41.2% and 60.1%.
- Sakana Fugu also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | Sakana AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 52.2 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.6% | 59% | Sakana Fugu |
| SWE Multilingual | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 41.2% | 60.1% | Sakana Fugu |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 68.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 85.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 69.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.0% | 95.5% | Sakana Fugu |
| GPQA-D | 85.0% | 95.5% | Sakana Fugu |
| 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 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | 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)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Fugu | 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 Sakana Fugu?

Sakana Fugu is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ling 3.0 Flash and Sakana Fugu?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 69.6 for Sakana Fugu.

### 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 Sakana Fugu cover on BenchLM?

Sakana Fugu currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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