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ERNIE 5.0 vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 33.5.

Baidu · InclusionAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 33.5, ranking #39 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose ERNIE 5.0

  • you are already invested in the Baidu ecosystem

Choose Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

  • overall performance matters — it scores 43.3 and ranks #39 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

ERNIE 5.0
Baidu
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
InclusionAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
33.5
#97
43.3
#39
Reasoning
33.0
#97
44.7
#32
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.06 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.18 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Individual benchmarks

5 reported for ERNIE 5.0 · 6 for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

No common benchmarks found

ERNIE 5.0 and Ling 3.0 Flash Findon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ling 3.0 Flash Fin specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Ling 3.0 Flash Fin specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

Baidu
ERNIE 5.0
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

ERNIE 5.0 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.0 Flash Fin does not.

ERNIE 5.0 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

ERNIE 5.0

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 5.0 was released on 2026-01-22, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was released on 2026-09-03.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 7 months newer than ERNIE 5.0.

ERNIE 5.0

Jan 22, 2026

7 months ago

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Sep 3, 2026

5 days ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against ERNIE 5.0 and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

ERNIE 5.0
✓ Preferred
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
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FAQ

Common questions about ERNIE 5.0 vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin.

Which is better, ERNIE 5.0 or Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 33.5. ERNIE 5.0 is made by Baidu and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is made by InclusionAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does ERNIE 5.0 compare to Ling 3.0 Flash Fin in benchmarks?

ERNIE 5.0 scores AIME 2025: 87.0%, MMLU-Pro: 87.0%, GPQA: 85.0%, SimpleQA: 75.0%, Humanity's Last Exam: 39.0%. Ling 3.0 Flash Fin scores SpreadSheetBench-v1: 86.5%, Finance Agent v1.1: 69.2%, Finance Agent v2: 59.8%, Tau3 Banking: 41.0%, APEX-Agents: 29.2%.

What are the context window sizes for ERNIE 5.0 and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

ERNIE 5.0 supports an unknown number of tokens and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between ERNIE 5.0 and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (33.5 vs 43.3), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes ERNIE 5.0 and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

ERNIE 5.0 is developed by Baidu and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is developed by InclusionAI.

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