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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 14.7.

InclusionAI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 14.7, ranking #15 overall.

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

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

Choose Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
14.7
#249
Reasoning
47.5
#26
13.8
#249
Coding
38.8
#18
11.5
#167
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.89 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.89 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ling 3.1 Flash
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Tool use
29.0#16
30.8#5
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 18 for Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 405B Instructdon'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

155.0B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 155.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 405B Instruct, making it 38.3% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
405.0Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
405.0B
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.1 405B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.1 405B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30, while Llama 3.1 405B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 27 months newer than Llama 3.1 405B Instruct.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

2.2yr newer
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.2 years ago

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 Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct.

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 14.7. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Ling 3.1 Flash compare to Llama 3.1 405B Instruct in benchmarks?

Ling 3.1 Flash scores CyberGym: 87.9%, DRACO: 85.5%, FrontierSWE: 75.2%, Multi-Challenge: 69.8%, SkillsBench: 68.7%. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores ARC-C: 96.9%, GSM8k: 96.8%, API-Bank: 92.0%, Multilingual MGSM (CoT): 91.6%, HumanEval: 89.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs 14.7), licensing (Unknown vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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