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Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Ling 3.1 Flash

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 2.4.

IBM · InclusionAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 2.4, ranking #15 overall.

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

Choose Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

  • 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.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
2.4
#331
51.0
#15
Reasoning
2.8
#320
47.5
#26
Coding
11.1
#172
38.8
#18
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Individual benchmarks

14 reported for Granite 3.3 8B Instruct · 11 for Ling 3.1 Flash

No common benchmarks found

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct 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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

552.0B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 552.0B more parameters than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct, making it 6900.0% larger.

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
8.0B
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Granite 3.3 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Granite 3.3 8B Instruct specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.1 Flash does not.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ling 3.1 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was released on 2025-04-16, while Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 18 months newer than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apr 16, 2025

1.5 years ago

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Granite 3.3 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2024-04-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apr 2024

Ling 3.1 Flash

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Ling 3.1 Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Ling 3.1 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Ling 3.1 Flash.

Which is better, Granite 3.3 8B Instruct or Ling 3.1 Flash?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 2.4. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is made by IBM 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 Granite 3.3 8B Instruct compare to Ling 3.1 Flash in benchmarks?

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct scores HumanEval: 89.7%, AttaQ: 88.5%, HumanEval+: 86.1%, AIME 2024: 81.2%, GSM8k: 80.9%. 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 Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports 128K 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 Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (2.4 vs 51.0), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is developed by IBM and Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI.

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