Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Ling 3.0 Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, while Ling 3.0 Flash comes from InclusionAI. Gemini 3.6 Flash was released in July 2026, and Ling 3.0 Flash followed a month later in August 2026. Ling 3.0 Flash has a published size of about 124 billion parameters; Google has not disclosed the parameter count of Gemini 3.6 Flash.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. Gemini 3.6 Flash leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 78.0% against 57.0%; SWE-Bench Pro, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 58.7% against 56.6%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 3.6 Flash sits at 68.0% and Ling 3.0 Flash at 68.5%.
Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, roughly 25 times cheaper than Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 and $7.50. Gemini 3.6 Flash takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 131K for Ling 3.0 Flash. Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts text and images as input, while Ling 3.0 Flash accepts text. On tooling, only Gemini 3.6 Flash supports function calling and only Gemini 3.6 Flash offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | InclusionAI | |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | August 4, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 124B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 131K |
| Context (output) | 66K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.50 | $0.06 |
| Output Price / 1M | $7.50 | $0.18 |
| Average Score | 68.0% | 68.5% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.0% | 57.0% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7% | 56.6% |
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Verdict
Ling 3.0 Flash leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.6 Flash — 0.7, Ling 3.0 Flash — 0.7.
Ling 3.0 Flash is 37.5x cheaper: input $0.06/1M vs $1.50/1M tokens.
Gemini 3.6 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 131K tokens.
Ling 3.0 Flash is newer: released 8/4/2026 vs 7/21/2026.
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