Ling 3.0 Flash
by Inclusionai · inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash · #7 cheapest of 422 paid models
Prices updated Sep 19, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC · refreshed hourly
*Ling-3.0-flash* is a *124B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model*, with approximately *5.1B parameters activated per token*. The model is designed with *token efficiency and production-scale agentic inference* as key priorities, enabling developers...
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Pricing
Input
$0.021
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.063
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.032
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
$0.0042
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
—
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for Ling 3.0 Flash with prompt caching.
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $0.032 | $0.002205 | — |
| 50% | $0.025 | $0.001365 | −38% |
| 90% | $0.02 | $0.000693 | −69% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates (available for OpenAI / Anthropic / Google — not flagged for this creator). Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $2.94e-5 | $0.0294 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.000231 | $0.231 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.000756 | $0.756 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $0.003465 | $3.46 |
Performance
Intelligence Index
20.6
AA composite quality
Coding Index
50.6
Math Index
—
Agentic Index
21
Output speed
354 tok/s
median
Time to first token
1.67s
median
Time to first answer
7.32s
after reasoning tokens
Artificial Analysis benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 23.7% |
| SciCode | 42.0% |
| AA-LCR (Long Context Reasoning) | 73.0% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 55.4% |
| τ³-Bench Banking | 27.2% |
Specs
Context window
262K
tokens
Max output
33K
tokens
Input modalities
text
Tokenizer
Other