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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.1 to -0.3.

InclusionAI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.1 to -0.3, ranking #14 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 51.1 and ranks #14 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Base

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.1
#14
-0.3
#342
Reasoning
47.7
#25
-0.3
#336
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 9 for Mistral Small 3 24B Base

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Basedon'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

536.4B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 536.4B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Base, making it 2272.9% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
23.6Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
23.6B
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.1 Flash does not.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 20 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.7yr newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Base's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date.

Ling 3.1 Flash

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Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.1 to -0.3. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI and Mistral Small 3 24B Base is made by Mistral AI. 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 Mistral Small 3 24B Base in benchmarks?

Ling 3.1 Flash scores CyberGym: 87.9%, DRACO: 85.5%, FrontierSWE: 75.2%, Multi-Challenge: 69.8%, SkillsBench: 68.7%. Mistral Small 3 24B Base scores ARC-C: 91.3%, GSM8k: 80.7%, MMLU: 80.7%, TriviaQA: 80.3%, MBPP: 69.6%.

What are the main differences between Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.1 vs -0.3), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Unknown vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and Mistral Small 3 24B Base is developed by Mistral AI.

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