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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 has the stronger public benchmark scores. Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 costs 87% 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

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

by Mistral AI · #65 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
32K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.080

Better overall

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

Grade — vs 20.1

Cheaper

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

87% less, $0.058 vs $0.45 blended

Larger context

Ling 3.1 Flash

256K vs 32K 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: —
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: 1,274
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: —
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: 1,312
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Oct 13, 2026 · reference
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: 68.7%v
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: —
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Oct 13, 2026 · reference
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: 46%v
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Oct 13, 2026 · reference
Ling 3.1 FlashLing 3.1 Flash: 81.2%v
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: —

Ling 3.1 FlashMistral Small 24B Instruct 2501v = 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
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501$13.20 /month

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 saves you $82.80 a month at this usage, $994 a year.

At a glance

AttributeLing 3.1 FlashMistral Small 24B Instruct 2501
Made byinclusionAIMistral AI
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeNot ratedGood · 20.1
Overall rankNot ranked#65 of 67
Input price$0.30 per 1M$0.050 per 1M
Output price$0.90 per 1M$0.080 per 1M
Context window262,144 tokens32,768 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDling-3.1-flashmistral-small-24b-instruct-2501

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": "mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Ling 3.1 Flash or Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 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 Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501?

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: $0.050 in and $0.080 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.

Compare with others

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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.