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Kimi K2 Base vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 13.6.

Moonshot AI · InclusionAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 13.6, ranking #39 overall.

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

Choose Kimi K2 Base

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

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.

Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
InclusionAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
13.6
#242
43.3
#39
Reasoning
12.7
#240
44.7
#32
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
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

1 shared
Index
Kimi K2 Base
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Finance
16.3#113
36.7#5
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Kimi K2 Base · 6 for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

No common benchmarks found

Kimi K2 Base 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

876.0B diff

Kimi K2 Base has 876.0B more parameters than Ling 3.0 Flash Fin, making it 706.5% larger.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base
1.0Tparameters
InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
124.0Bparameters
1000.0B
Kimi K2 Base
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).

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2 Base was released on 2025-07-11, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was released on 2026-09-03.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 14 months newer than Kimi K2 Base.

Kimi K2 Base

Jul 11, 2025

1.2 years ago

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Sep 3, 2026

6 days 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 Kimi K2 Base and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Kimi K2 Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2 Base vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin.

Which is better, Kimi K2 Base or Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 13.6. Kimi K2 Base is made by Moonshot 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 Kimi K2 Base compare to Ling 3.0 Flash Fin in benchmarks?

Kimi K2 Base scores C-Eval: 92.5%, GSM8k: 92.1%, MMLU-redux-2.0: 90.2%, MMLU: 87.8%, TriviaQA: 85.1%. 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 Kimi K2 Base and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Kimi K2 Base 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 Kimi K2 Base and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (13.6 vs 43.3), licensing (MIT vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Kimi K2 Base and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin?

Kimi K2 Base is developed by Moonshot AI and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is developed by InclusionAI.

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