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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Ling 3.1 Flash

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 10.4.

Google · InclusionAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 10.4, ranking #15 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Ling 3.1 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.0 and ranks #15 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
10.4
#280
51.0
#15
10.9
#274
47.5
#26
-2.9
#266
38.8
#18
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite · 11 for Ling 3.1 Flash

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.1 Flashdon'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 Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.1 Flash does not.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ling 3.1 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite was released on 2025-06-17, while Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 16 months newer than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Jun 17, 2025

1.3 years ago

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.3yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-01, while Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's training data extends to 2025-01-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Jan 2025

Ling 3.1 Flash

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.1 Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
✓ Preferred
Ling 3.1 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Ling 3.1 Flash.

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.1 Flash?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 10.4. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is made by Google and Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite compare to Ling 3.1 Flash in benchmarks?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores FACTS Grounding: 84.1%, Global-MMLU-Lite: 81.1%, MMMU: 72.9%, GPQA: 64.6%, Vibe-Eval: 51.3%. Ling 3.1 Flash scores CyberGym: 87.9%, DRACO: 85.5%, FrontierSWE: 75.2%, Multi-Challenge: 69.8%, SkillsBench: 68.7%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports 1.0M tokens and Ling 3.1 Flash supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (10.4 vs 51.0), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is developed by Google and Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI.