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Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 15.1.

InclusionAI · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 15.1, 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 Reasoning Plus

  • 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 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
43.3
#39
15.1
#229
Reasoning
44.7
#32
15.5
#222
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 · 11 for Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Reasoning Plusdon'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

110.0B diff

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin has 110.0B more parameters than Phi 4 Reasoning Plus, making it 785.7% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
124.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
14.0Bparameters
124.0B
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
14.0B
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

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 Reasoning Plus
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 09 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 Reasoning Plus was released on 2025-04-30.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 16 months newer than Phi 4 Reasoning Plus.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

Sep 3, 2026

5 days ago

1.3yr newer
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Apr 30, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Reasoning Plus's training data extends to 2025-03-01, 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 Reasoning Plus

Mar 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus 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 Reasoning Plus.

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

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 15.1. Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is made by InclusionAI and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus 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 Reasoning Plus 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 Reasoning Plus scores FlenQA: 97.9%, HumanEval+: 92.3%, IFEval: 84.9%, OmniMath: 81.9%, AIME 2024: 81.3%.

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

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

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.3 vs 15.1), licensing (Unknown vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus?

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

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