Grok 4.6 vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Grok 4.6 is developed by xAI, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin comes from InclusionAI. Grok 4.6 was released in August 2026, and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin followed a month later in September 2026. Ling 3.0 Flash Fin has a published size of about 124 billion parameters; xAI has not disclosed the parameter count of Grok 4.6.
We have 11 benchmark results for Grok 4.6 and 6 benchmark results for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin, but they overlap on a single test: APEX-Agents, where Grok 4.6 scores 57.5% against 29.2%.
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is the cheaper API at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, roughly 33 times cheaper than Grok 4.6 at $2 and $6. Grok 4.6 takes the larger context window at 500K tokens, compared with 262K for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin. Grok 4.6 accepts text and images as input, while Ling 3.0 Flash Fin accepts text. On tooling, only Grok 4.6 supports function calling and only Grok 4.6 offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Grok 4.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash Fin |
|---|---|---|
| Company | xAI | InclusionAI |
| Release Date | August 12, 2026 | September 3, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 124B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 500K | 262K |
| Context (output) | — | 262K |
| Input Price / 1M | $2.00 | $0.06 |
| Output Price / 1M | $6.00 | $0.18 |
| Average Score | 49.6% | 51.2% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% | 29.2% |
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Verdict
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Grok 4.6 — 0.5, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin — 0.5.
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 33.3x cheaper: input $0.06/1M vs $2.00/1M tokens.
Grok 4.6 supports a larger context: 500K vs 262K tokens.
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is newer: released 9/3/2026 vs 8/12/2026.
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