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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Ling 3.1 Flash

Ling 3.1 Flash leads most clearly on Terminal-Bench 4.0, scoring 32.8 against 19.7 for Gemini 3.8 Flash. It also has the higher Intelligence Index score (43.9 to 40.9) and costs less, at $0.45 per 1M tokens blended against $1.50. Gemini 3.8 Flash suits hard reasoning, scoring 47.8 on Humanity's Last Exam to 43.5, and work with images, video, audio and PDFs.

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At a glance

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Blended price · per 1M tokens, lower is better

Gemini 3.8 Flash$1.50
Ling 3.1 Flash$0.45

Intelligence Index · Artificial Analysis, higher is better

Gemini 3.8 Flash40.9
Ling 3.1 Flash43.9

Context window · tokens it can read at once

Gemini 3.8 Flash1.05M
Ling 3.1 Flash262K

Where they sit among all 44 models

Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks 16th of the 43 models with an Intelligence Index, Ling 3.1 Flash 12th. Up and to the left is smarter for less money. Hover or tap a dot for its numbers, then click it to compare that model with Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Intelligence: the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Price: blended per 1M tokens, 3 parts input to 1 part output, on a log scale.

Which one to pick

Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash if

  • you need a longer context window (1.05M vs 262K tokens)
  • you need to send images, video, audio and PDFs

Pick Ling 3.1 Flash if

  • you want the lower bill ($0.45 vs $1.50 per 1M tokens blended)
  • you want the higher overall score (43.9 vs 40.9)
  • you care about Terminal-Bench 4.0 (terminal tasks): 32.8 vs 19.7
  • you want open weights you can run yourself

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How smart is each one?

Of the 10 scores both models have, Gemini 3.8 Flash is ahead on 4 and Ling 3.1 Flash on 4, and 2 are within a point.

Every intelligence score we have

Out of 100, higher is better. Gemini 3.8 Flash Ling 3.1 Flash

Overall

  • Intelligence Index

By area

  • Coding

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Agentic work

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

By field of work

  • Finance & accounting

  • Legal

  • Healthcare & medicine

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Economics

  • Engineering

  • Strategy & operations

Benchmarks

  • Factual knowledge · SimpleQA

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Hard reasoning · Humanity's Last Exam

  • Science · GPQA Diamond

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Scientific coding · SciCode

  • Terminal tasks · Terminal-Bench 4.0

  • Tool use · τ-Bench Banking

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Long documents · AA-LCR

  • Uncensored · UGI

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

Our tests

  • Hallucination test · our test, higher means it made up less

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Rule that has to last 4 turns · our test, % of tries passed

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

  • Three bullets, no letter e · our test, % of tries passed

    Ling 3.1 Flash: not scored yet

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The specs

Spec Gemini 3.8 Flash Ling 3.1 Flash
Input price$0.75 per 1M$0.30 per 1M
Output price$3.75 per 1M$0.90 per 1M
Cost per test task$1.24Not tested
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
AcceptsText, Image, Video, Audio, PDFText
Open weightsNoYes
LabGoogleInclusionAI
ReleasedSep 2026Sep 2026
Knowledge cutoffNot publishedNot published

Blended price weighs 3 parts input to 1 part output. List prices from models.dev. Cost per test task from Artificial Analysis.

Questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Ling 3.1 Flash cheaper?

Ling 3.1 Flash is cheaper. It charges $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $0.90 per 1M output tokens, against $0.75 and $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash. Blended 3 parts input to 1 part output, that is $0.45 against $1.50 per 1M tokens.

Which is smarter, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Ling 3.1 Flash?

Ling 3.1 Flash scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 43.9 against 40.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash. The biggest differences are on Terminal-Bench 4.0 (19.7 vs 32.8) and Humanity's Last Exam (47.8 vs 43.5).

Which has the longer context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts 1.05M tokens, against 262K for Ling 3.1 Flash.

Can I compare Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ling 3.1 Flash on my own prompt?

Yes. ModelCompare sends one prompt to both models at once and shows each answer side by side with what it cost. You can try it free without an account.

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Where the numbers come from

Intelligence Index and benchmark scores are from Artificial Analysis, at each model’s highest effort, except SimpleQA, which is from Epoch AI, and the Uncensored score, which is from the UGI Leaderboard. The hallucination test is ours: questions with one exact answer, fake evidence pushed against right answers and requests that tempt a model to name packages that don’t exist. Prices are list prices from models.dev. Example answers come from our own test runs. Updated October 25, 2026.