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Inkling vs Ling 3.1 Flash

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 37.1.

Thinking Machines Lab · InclusionAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 37.1, ranking #15 overall.

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

Choose Inkling

  • 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.

Inkling
Thinking Machines Lab
Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
37.1
#81
51.0
#15
Reasoning
36.7
#85
47.5
#26
Coding
26.5
#74
38.8
#18
Agents
19.5
#77
38.0
#12
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$0.95 / M
— / M
Output price
$4.05 / M
— / M
Context window
524,288
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Inkling
Ling 3.1 Flash
Tool use
16.3#88
29.0#16
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Inkling · 11 for Ling 3.1 Flash

No common benchmarks found

Inkling 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

415.0B diff

Inkling has 415.0B more parameters than Ling 3.1 Flash, making it 74.1% larger.

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling
975.0Bparameters
InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
975.0B
Inkling
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Inkling specifies input context (524,288 tokens). Only Inkling specifies output context (524,288 tokens).

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling
Input524,288 tokens
Output524,288 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

Inkling supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.1 Flash does not.

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

Inkling

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ling 3.1 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Inkling was released on 2026-07-21, while Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 2 months newer than Inkling.

Inkling

Jul 21, 2026

2 months ago

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

2mo 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

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

Inkling
✓ Preferred
Ling 3.1 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about Inkling vs Ling 3.1 Flash.

Which is better, Inkling or Ling 3.1 Flash?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 37.1. Inkling is made by Thinking Machines Lab 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 Inkling compare to Ling 3.1 Flash in benchmarks?

Inkling scores AIME 2026: 97.1%, VoiceBench Avg: 91.4%, Global-MMLU-Lite: 88.7%, IFBench: 79.8%, CharXiv-R: 78.1%. 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 Inkling and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Inkling supports 524K 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 Inkling and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (37.1 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 Inkling and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Inkling is developed by Thinking Machines Lab and Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI.

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