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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo has the stronger public benchmark scores. Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo costs 94% less for the same work.

Ling 3.1 Flash

by inclusionAI

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$0.90

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo

by Meta · #67 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.020
Output / 1M
$0.040

Better overall

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo

Grade — vs 0.0

Cheaper

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo

94% less, $0.025 vs $0.45 blended

Larger context

Ling 3.1 Flash

256K vs 128K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: —
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: 1,211
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: —
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: 1,260
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Oct 13, 2026 · reference
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: —
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Oct 13, 2026 · reference
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: 46%v
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Oct 13, 2026 · reference
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: —

Ling 3.1 FlashMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Ling 3.1 Flash$96.00 /month
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo$5.60 /month

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo saves you $90.40 a month at this usage, $1,085 a year.

At a glance

AttributeLing 3.1 FlashMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo
Made byinclusionAIMeta
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeNot ratedGood · 0.0
Overall rankNot ranked#67 of 67
Input price$0.30 per 1M$0.020 per 1M
Output price$0.90 per 1M$0.040 per 1M
Context window262,144 tokens131,072 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDling-3.1-flashmeta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct-turbo

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "ling-3.1-flash", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Ling 3.1 Flash or Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo better?

One of them doesn’t have enough public benchmark scores to be graded yet; compare the benchmarks both have above.

Which is cheaper, Ling 3.1 Flash or Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo?

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: $0.020 in and $0.040 out per million tokens, against $0.30 and $0.90 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Ling 3.1 Flash, with 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.