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Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 19.2.

InclusionAI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 19.2, ranking #39 overall.

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

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

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
InclusionAI
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
43.3
#39
19.2
#204
Reasoning
44.7
#32
18.9
#203
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.06 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.18 / M
— / M
Context window
262,144
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Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin · 6 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1don'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

129.0B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has 129.0B more parameters than Ling 3.0 Flash Fin, making it 104.0% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
124.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
253.0Bparameters
124.0B
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
253.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

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).

InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Sep 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was released on 2026-09-03, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was released on 2025-04-07.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 17 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Sep 3, 2026

6 days ago

1.4yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Apr 7, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.0 Flash Fin's cutoff date.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.

Which is better, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 19.2. Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is made by InclusionAI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Ling 3.0 Flash Fin compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 in benchmarks?

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%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 scores MATH-500: 97.0%, IFEval: 89.5%, GPQA: 76.0%, BFCL v2: 74.1%, AIME 2025: 72.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin supports 262K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 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 Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.3 vs 19.2), licensing (Unknown vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is developed by InclusionAI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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