GLM-5.3 Flash vs Ling 3.1 Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
GLM-5.3 Flash is developed by Zhipu AI, while Ling 3.1 Flash comes from InclusionAI. GLM-5.3 Flash was released in August 2026, and Ling 3.1 Flash followed a month later in September 2026. Ling 3.1 Flash is the larger model at roughly 560 billion parameters, against 320 billion for GLM-5.3 Flash.
We have 16 benchmark results for GLM-5.3 Flash and 11 benchmark results for Ling 3.1 Flash, but they overlap on a single test: AutomationBench v1.0.6, where Ling 3.1 Flash scores 52.5% against 48.8%.
GLM-5.3 Flash is available through an API at $0.15 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Ling 3.1 Flash, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | GLM-5.3 Flash | Ling 3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Zhipu AI | InclusionAI |
| Release Date | August 26, 2026 | September 30, 2026 |
| Parameters | 320B | 560B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 131K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.15 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.50 | — |
| Average Score | 64.1% | 65.0% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AutomationBench v1.0.6 | 48.8% | 52.5% |
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Verdict
Ling 3.1 Flash leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-5.3 Flash — 0.6, Ling 3.1 Flash — 0.6.
Ling 3.1 Flash is newer: released 9/30/2026 vs 8/26/2026.
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