Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Google against InclusionAI, compared on context, price, and verified benchmark results.
Catalog record checked August 13, 2026; individual provider fields may change.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Budget
InclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash
Budget · Open weights
| Specification | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | InclusionAI | |
| Tier | Budget | Budget |
| Context window | Winner: 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | Not verified |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.30 | Winner: $0.075 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $2.50 | Winner: $0.22 |
| Weights | Closed | Open |
| Parameters | Not disclosed | 124B total / 5.1B active (MoE) |
| Reasoning levels | Not verified | Not verified |
| Modalities | text, image, video, audio, pdf | text |
| Released | July 21, 2026 | July 24, 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026-08-08) | 37 | Winner: 38 |
Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google's cheapest current Flash-class API tier for high-volume, latency-sensitive agent loops.
Best for
- High-volume agents
- Document pipelines
- Cost-sensitive multimodal work
Watch out
Cheaper than 3.6 and 3.7 Flash, not stronger on hard reasoning — pick it for throughput, not frontier coding.
Ling 3.0 Flash
InclusionAI's cost-focused Flash tier for high-frequency hybrid reasoning and agent loops at low list rates.
Best for
- High-volume agent loops
- Cost-sensitive chat and extraction
- Fast hybrid reasoning
Watch out
Native context is 256Ki tokens (262,144). Confirm serving provider and current list before committing volume.
Common questions
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.0 Flash cheaper for input?
Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper at $0.075 per million input tokens, against $0.30 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite — roughly 4.0× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.0 Flash cheaper for output?
Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper at $0.22 per million output tokens, against $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite — roughly 11× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite accepts 1.05M tokens against 262K for Ling 3.0 Flash. This only matters if you routinely send very long documents or large codebases.
Should I use Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Both sit in the budget tier, so the choice usually comes down to price and context rather than capability. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite suits high-volume agents; Ling 3.0 Flash suits high-volume agent loops.
Can I self-host Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Ling 3.0 Flash publishes open weights, but self-hosting and third-party provider access depend on the licence, hardware, serving support, and availability. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a closed model whose supported access paths are controlled by its provider.
Next step
Choosing between them
Tier and workload decide this more reliably than a leaderboard position does.
If both sit in the same tier, the decision usually comes down to context window and output price rather than headline capability — output tokens dominate real bills.
If one is a step up within the same provider, the useful question is whether your hardest task actually fails on the cheaper tier. Most production volume — classification, extraction, summarization — does not.
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