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GLM-4.5-Air vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.0 to 24.4.

Zhipu AI · InclusionAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.0 to 24.4, ranking #44 overall.

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

Choose GLM-4.5-Air

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

Choose Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

  • overall performance matters — it scores 43.0 and ranks #44 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
InclusionAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
24.4
#163
43.0
#44
Reasoning
23.8
#162
44.2
#35
Agents
5.9
#142
29.2
#37
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.06 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.18 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
GLM-4.5-Air
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Tool use
20.2#59
20.4#58
Finance
26.6#43
36.7#5
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

14 reported for GLM-4.5-Air · 6 for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

No common benchmarks found

GLM-4.5-Air 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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

18.0B diff

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin has 18.0B more parameters than GLM-4.5-Air, making it 17.0% larger.

Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
106.0Bparameters
InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
124.0Bparameters
106.0B
GLM-4.5-Air
124.0B
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

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).

Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GLM-4.5-Air was released on 2025-07-28, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was released on 2026-09-03.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 13 months newer than GLM-4.5-Air.

GLM-4.5-Air

Jul 28, 2025

1.1 years ago

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Sep 3, 2026

2 weeks ago

1.1yr 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 GLM-4.5-Air and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

GLM-4.5-Air
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FAQ

Common questions about GLM-4.5-Air vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin.

Which is better, GLM-4.5-Air or Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.0 to 24.4. GLM-4.5-Air is made by Zhipu AI 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 GLM-4.5-Air compare to Ling 3.0 Flash Fin in benchmarks?

GLM-4.5-Air scores MATH-500: 98.1%, AIME 2024: 89.4%, MMLU-Pro: 81.4%, TAU-bench Retail: 77.9%, BFCL-v3: 76.4%. 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 GLM-4.5-Air and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

GLM-4.5-Air 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 GLM-4.5-Air and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (24.4 vs 43.0), licensing (MIT vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes GLM-4.5-Air and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

GLM-4.5-Air is developed by Zhipu AI and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is developed by InclusionAI.

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