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Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 4 Maverick

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (InclusionAI) and Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#101 vs #102); Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is cheaper per output token (Free/1M vs $0.696/1M); and Llama 4 Maverick offers the longer context window (1M vs 262K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ling 3.0 Flash Fin if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #101 against #102 (24.7 vs 24.6 points).
  • API cost matters — Free/1M output tokens against $0.696/1M.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost Free/1M against $0.20/1M.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was listed 27 August 2026, Llama 4 Maverick 5 April 2025.

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 262K.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 4 Maverick: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 4 Maverick
FieldLing 3.0 Flash FinInclusionAILlama 4 MaverickMeta
ModelCap Index position#101#102
Index score24.724.6
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensFree$0.20
Output price / 1M tokensFree$0.696
Context window262K tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens33K115K
API providers listed15
Weight accessAPI onlyGated access
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed27 August 20265 April 2025
PublisherInclusionAIMeta

Evidence: publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 4 Maverick

Public benchmark boards where Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Llama 4 Maverick has a published result
BoardLing 3.0 Flash FinLlama 4 MaverickLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13731365–1380Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation—0.0%Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—14.5intelligence-indexOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—7.9%terminal-bench-2.1Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—17.8%tau2-bench-telecomOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—4.9%humanitys-last-examOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 4 Maverick: common questions

Is Ling 3.0 Flash Fin better than Llama 4 Maverick?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #101 against #102. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Ling 3.0 Flash Fin cheaper than Llama 4 Maverick?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is cheaper on output tokens: Free/1M against $0.696/1M. Input tokens are Free/1M for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and $0.20/1M for Llama 4 Maverick. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Llama 4 Maverick?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 4 Maverick open-weight models?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin: API only. Llama 4 Maverick: Gated access. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Llama 4 Maverick?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and 5 for Llama 4 Maverick, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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