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Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Phi 4 Mini

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to -4.0.

InclusionAI · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.3 to -4.0, 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 Phi 4 Mini

  • 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
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
43.3
#39
-4.0
#345
Reasoning
44.7
#32
-4.1
#338
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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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
Phi 4 Mini
Finance
36.7#5
1.1#191
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin · 17 for Phi 4 Mini

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Minidon'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

120.2B diff

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin has 120.2B more parameters than Phi 4 Mini, making it 3129.2% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
124.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
3.8Bparameters
124.0B
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
3.8B
Phi 4 Mini

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
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was released on 2026-09-03, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 19 months newer than Phi 4 Mini.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Sep 3, 2026

5 days ago

1.6yr newer
Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Mini's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.0 Flash Fin's cutoff date.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

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Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Phi 4 Mini.

Which is better, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Phi 4 Mini?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to -4.0. Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is made by InclusionAI and Phi 4 Mini is made by Microsoft. 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 Phi 4 Mini 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%. Phi 4 Mini scores GSM8k: 88.6%, ARC-C: 83.7%, BoolQ: 81.2%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%, PIQA: 77.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Mini?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin supports 262K tokens and Phi 4 Mini 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 Phi 4 Mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.3 vs -4.0), licensing (Unknown vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Mini?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is developed by InclusionAI and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.

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