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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 4

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 18.9.

InclusionAI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 18.9, 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 Mistral Small 4

  • 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 4
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
18.9
#225
Reasoning
47.5
#26
19.8
#208
Coding
38.8
#18
10.6
#176
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.60 / M
Context window
—
256,000

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 9 for Mistral Small 4

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 4don'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

441.0B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 441.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 4, making it 370.6% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 4
119.0Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
119.0B
Mistral Small 4

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 4 specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Mistral Small 4 specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 4
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Small 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.1 Flash does not.

Mistral Small 4 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 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30, while Mistral Small 4 was released on 2026-03-16.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 7 months newer than Mistral Small 4.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

6mo newer
Mistral Small 4

Mar 16, 2026

6 months 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 Mistral Small 4 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 4
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 4.

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or Mistral Small 4?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 18.9. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI and Mistral Small 4 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 4 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 4 scores AIME 2025: 83.8%, MMLU-Pro: 78.0%, AA-LCR: 71.2%, GPQA: 71.2%, LiveCodeBench: 63.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 4?

Ling 3.1 Flash supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 4 supports 256K 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 Mistral Small 4?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs 18.9), 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 4?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and Mistral Small 4 is developed by Mistral AI.

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