Claude Opus 4.1 vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Claude Opus 4.1 leads Ling 3.0 Flash on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.8 to 20.1, and Ling 3.0 Flash costs 617.3x less per output token ($0.1215 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 8 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.1 or Ling 3.0 Flash: which to pick
Only Ling 3.0 Flash has a coding score, 29.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by AA Intelligence Index or MMLU Pro, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 8
- Claude Opus 4.1 only
- 65
- Ling 3.0 Flash only
- 16
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Ling 3.0 Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 leads, 22.8 against 20.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Ling 3.0 Flash has a AA Agentic Index result, 19.3.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash leads, 84.8% against 76.3%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a AIME result, 78.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 leads, 87.9% against 82.0%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1176.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash takes 262K tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash
Claude Opus 4.1 $0.052, Ling 3.0 Flash $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Ling 3.0 Flash has the number, $0.05.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, Ling 3.0 Flash 29.6 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 17.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- LiveCodeBench (Vals AI): Claude Opus 4.1 66.5% against Ling 3.0 Flash 84.0%, 17.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against Ling 3.0 Flash $0.1215 per million output tokens, 617.3x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, Ling 3.0 Flash 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.1 | Bars | Ling 3.0 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 5 | 3 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index01
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 50.6 | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 66.5% | 84.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.2% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.9% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.2% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.9% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 42.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Cybench | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1479 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1456 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1399 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.8 | 20.1 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.1 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 19.3 | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.3% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| METR time horizons | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GDPval | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 84.8% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 85.5% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 23.7% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 77.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| SimpleBench | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| EBR-bench | 7.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| VPCT | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1442 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1438 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1451 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 68.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 12.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1431 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1434 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.9% | 82.0% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.5% | 79.7% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.9% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.7% | 70.7% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 93.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.2% | 32.3% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1422 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1416 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1421 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1406 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 40.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1176 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1162 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1171 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1166 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1152 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1170 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1151 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.7% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 80.9% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| DTBench | 80.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMCA | 37.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1419 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1435 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1412 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1427 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1413 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1381 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1433 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1448 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1422 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1444 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1455 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1418 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1398 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 | inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | inclusionAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 5, 2025 | July 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 200K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $15.00 | $0.0405 |
| Output $/Mtok | $75.00 | $0.1215 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 29.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.05 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Ling 3.0 Flash for coding?
Only Ling 3.0 Flash has a coding score, 29.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by AA Intelligence Index or MMLU Pro, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.0405 and $0.1215. Cost per solved task is known for Ling 3.0 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Ling 3.0 Flash, with 262K tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs Ling 3.0 Flash comparison based on?
8 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Ling 3.0 Flash's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.