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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to -2.6.

InclusionAI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to -2.6, 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 8B 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 8B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
-2.6
#355
Reasoning
47.5
#26
-3.6
#353
Coding
38.8
#18
-2.3
#264
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.02 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
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131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ling 3.1 Flash
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Tool use
29.0#16
17.0#85
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 18 for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 8B 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

552.0B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 552.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, making it 6900.0% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
8.0B
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.1 8B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Llama 3.1 8B Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 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 8B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 27 months newer than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

2.2yr newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date.

Ling 3.1 Flash

—

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to -2.6. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI and Llama 3.1 8B 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 8B 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 8B Instruct scores GSM-8K (CoT): 84.5%, ARC-C: 83.4%, API-Bank: 82.6%, IFEval: 80.4%, BFCL: 76.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Ling 3.1 Flash and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct supports 131K 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 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs -2.6), 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 8B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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