Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash leads Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview on coding, 29.6 to 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Ling 3.0 Flash costs 12.3x less per output token ($0.1215 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 18 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Ling 3.0 Flash: which to pick
Pick Ling 3.0 Flash for coding: it scores 29.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 22.7 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview, though on 2 benchmarks against 3.
Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview for a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens) and work measured by Code migration (Vals AI) or Legal Research Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 18
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only
- 61
- Ling 3.0 Flash only
- 6
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash scores 29.6 against 22.7.
3 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash leads, 20.1 against 15.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash leads, 19.3 against 1.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash leads, 84.8% against 81.1%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a AIME result, 83.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 86.2% against 82.0%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a Design Arena: websites result, 1082.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.0010, Ling 3.0 Flash $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Ling 3.0 Flash
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.18, Ling 3.0 Flash $0.05.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 22.7 from 3 benchmarks, Ling 3.0 Flash 29.6 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 17.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Agentic Index: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 1.6 against Ling 3.0 Flash 19.3, 17.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $1.50 against Ling 3.0 Flash $0.1215 per million output tokens, 12.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M 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 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Bars | Ling 3.0 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 5 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 3 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 12 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index15
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1257 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 34.7 | 50.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.1% | 84.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 62.8% | 65.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 2.9% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 4.6% | 0.0% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 34.1% | 50.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.9% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 42.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | 797.7 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1400 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1413 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1245 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1276 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1336 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.6 | 20.1 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | 19.3 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 30.0% | 30.3% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 3.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 3.4% | 0.0% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 8.6% | 25.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 81.1% | 84.8% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 82.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 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 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1407 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1398 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1403 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1242 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1271 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1428 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1417 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.2% | 82.0% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.8% | 79.7% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 59.4% | 61.9% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.8% | 70.7% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.6% | 32.3% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: science | 1425 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1418 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 51.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 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 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1082 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1069 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1029 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1045 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1047 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1072 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1052 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 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 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.7% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 63.9% | 80.9% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1416 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1377 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1401 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1410 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1460 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1430 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1413 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1392 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1424 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1420 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1443 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1417 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1394 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1408 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1386 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1232 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1278 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1246 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1266 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1259 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1308 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1248 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | 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 | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | inclusionAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | July 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.0405 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $0.1215 |
| Coding index | 22.7 | 29.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.18 | $0.05 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview better than Ling 3.0 Flash for coding?
Pick Ling 3.0 Flash for coding: it scores 29.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 22.7 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview, though on 2 benchmarks against 3. Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview for a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens) and work measured by Code migration (Vals AI) or Legal Research Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.0405 and $0.1215. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.18 and Ling 3.0 Flash $0.05.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Ling 3.0 Flash comparison based on?
18 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Ling 3.0 Flash's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.