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Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (InclusionAI) and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Qwen) 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 10 September 2026

As of 10 September 2026, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#87 vs #90); and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is 1.6× cheaper per output token ($0.18/1M vs $0.28/1M).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ling 3.0 Flash Fin if…

  • API cost matters — $0.18/1M output tokens against $0.28/1M, about 1.6× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.06/1M against $0.07/1M.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ling 3.0 Flash Fin was listed 27 August 2026, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 31 July 2025.

Choose Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #87 against #90 (48.1 vs 46.6 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
FieldLing 3.0 Flash FinInclusionAIQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#90#87
Index score46.648.1
EvidenceInheritedEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.06$0.07
Output price / 1M tokens$0.18$0.28
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens236K236K
API providers listed14
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed27 August 202631 July 2025
PublisherInclusionAIQwen

Evidence: finetune of inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash · finetune (100%) · publisher-corpus-prior over 184 held-out anchors (6%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 4 rows (94%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 0.1 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct has a published result
BoardLing 3.0 Flash FinQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructLeads
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—34.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—3.8%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B":reasoning=falseOnly 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 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: common questions

Is Ling 3.0 Flash Fin better than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #87 against #90. 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. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Ling 3.0 Flash Fin cheaper than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin is cheaper on output tokens: $0.18/1M against $0.28/1M. Input tokens are $0.06/1M for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and $0.07/1M for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.21 for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin versus $0.28 for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. Ling 3.0 Flash Fin costs 25.0% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.

Which has the bigger context window, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

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 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct open-weight models?

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin: Open weights. Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: Open weights. 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 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and 4 for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, 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 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 10 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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