Ling 3.0 Flash vs Qwen3.8 Max: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Ling 3.0 Flash is developed by InclusionAI, while Qwen3.8 Max comes from Alibaba. Both were released in August 2026. Qwen3.8 Max is the larger model at roughly 2.4 trillion parameters, against 124 billion for Ling 3.0 Flash.
The two models share 5 published benchmarks. Qwen3.8 Max leads on 5 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Qwen3.8 Max scores 86.6% against 57.0%; SkillsBench, where Qwen3.8 Max scores 70.2% against 44.8%. Averaged across everything we track, Ling 3.0 Flash sits at 68.5% and Qwen3.8 Max at 71.0%.
Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, roughly 42 times cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max at $2.50 and $6.25. Qwen3.8 Max takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 131K for Ling 3.0 Flash. Ling 3.0 Flash accepts text as input, while Qwen3.8 Max accepts text and images. On tooling, only Qwen3.8 Max supports function calling and only Qwen3.8 Max offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Ling 3.0 Flash | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Company | InclusionAI | Alibaba |
| Release Date | August 4, 2026 | August 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 124B | 2.4T |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 131K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 131K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.06 | $2.50 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.18 | $6.25 |
| Average Score | 68.5% | 71.0% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 57.0% | 86.6% |
| SkillsBench | 44.8% | 70.2% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 56.6% | 67.7% |
| IFBench | 74.5% | 82.8% |
| WideSearch | 73.6% | 81.9% |
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Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Both models show comparable average scores: Ling 3.0 Flash — 0.7, Qwen3.8 Max — 0.7.
Ling 3.0 Flash is 36.5x cheaper: input $0.06/1M vs $2.50/1M tokens.
Qwen3.8 Max supports a larger context: 1M vs 131K tokens.
Both models were released around the same time: 8/4/2026 and 8/2/2026.
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