Ling 3.0 Flash vs Sakana Namazu: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Ling 3.0 Flash is developed by InclusionAI, while Sakana Namazu comes from Sakana AI. Both were released in August 2026. Ling 3.0 Flash has a published size of about 124 billion parameters; Sakana AI has not disclosed the parameter count of Sakana Namazu.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. Sakana Namazu leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on LiveCodeBench v6, where Sakana Namazu scores 90.3% against 82.8%; AIME 2026, where Sakana Namazu scores 96.7% against 93.2%. Averaged across everything we track, Ling 3.0 Flash sits at 68.5% and Sakana Namazu at 92.4%.
Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, roughly 16 times cheaper than Sakana Namazu at $0.95 and $4. Sakana Namazu takes the larger context window at 256K tokens, compared with 131K for Ling 3.0 Flash. Ling 3.0 Flash accepts text as input, while Sakana Namazu accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Ling 3.0 Flash | Sakana Namazu |
|---|---|---|
| Company | InclusionAI | Sakana AI |
| Release Date | August 4, 2026 | August 3, 2026 |
| Parameters | 124B | — |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 131K | 256K |
| Context (output) | 131K | 256K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.06 | $0.95 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.18 | $4.00 |
| Average Score | 68.5% | 92.4% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 82.8% | 90.3% |
| AIME 2026 | 93.2% | 96.7% |
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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, Sakana Namazu — 0.9.
Ling 3.0 Flash is 20.6x cheaper: input $0.06/1M vs $0.95/1M tokens.
Sakana Namazu supports a larger context: 256K vs 131K tokens.
Both models were released around the same time: 8/4/2026 and 8/3/2026.
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