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Updated Jul 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731vsLing 3.0 Flash

Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 at $0.021/M vs $0.14/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Ling 3.0 Flash compared across 16 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731Ling 3.0 Flash
Input price$0.14/M tokens$0.021/M tokens
Output price$0.28/M tokens$0.063/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens262K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2026Jul 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 16 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731748 words
An experienced software engineer Think of the model as a service with one API: predict_next_token(context) -> distribution over vocabulary. During training, you run a gigantic distributed job—shard the corpus, shard the parameters, synchronize gradients—to minimize cross-entropy loss on trillions of tokens.
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Ling 3.0 Flash1,129 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of an LLM as a system that learns a massive, multidimensional routing table. When you built distributed systems, you learned patterns from traffic logs — which endpoints get hammered at 3am, which failure modes correlate, which request chains tend to cascade.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731287 words
Here is a simple, comforting, and deeply flavorful recipe that comes together in just 20 minutes using only 7 common pantry staples. Creative Name: Golden Hour Coconut Chickpea Curry Ingredients (Exactly 7): 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 can (13.5 oz) full-fat coconut milk 1 medium yellow onion 3 cloves…
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Ling 3.0 Flash248 words
🍝 Honey Fire Twirls A sticky-sweet, spicy, savory pasta that comes together in minutes. 🧺 Ingredients (7 pantry staples) Spaghetti (or penne) — 8 oz Olive oil — 2 tablespoons Garlic, minced — 4 cloves Honey — 3 tablespoons Soy sauce — 2 tablespoons Red pepper flakes — ½ teaspoon (adjust to taste) Parmesan cheese…
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Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 07311,492 words
Conceptual Narrative “An Unripe Promise — Hand-Dived Scallop / Green Strawberry / Black Sesame / Celery Root” The dish is an attempt to save a single fleeting moment: the morning a strawberry is still green, sharp, and full of anticipation—before sugar, before ripeness, before memory.
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Ling 3.0 Flash2,510 words
🍽️ TERRA NUDA — A Study in Forest Petrichor A Six-Component Dish Exploring the Ephemeral Moment After Rain Falls on a Living Forest 📖 CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVE Terra Nuda — Latin for "naked earth" — is inspired by the liminal moment immediately after a summer storm passes through a forest: the air thick with petrichor…
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731967 words
Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for absolute beginners. The goal is consistency over intensity. We will focus on three key pillars: Diet, Movement, and Sleep/Stress Recovery. You don’t need to be perfect—just aim for 80% adherence. If you miss a day, don’t double up tomorrow; just get back on track.
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Ling 3.0 Flash568 words
🌱 Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan 🥦 1. Diet — Nourish, Don't Deprive Week 1: Awareness Keep a food journal — just track what you eat (no judgment). This alone builds mindful eating habits. Add, don't subtract — introduce one extra serving of vegetables per meal.
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 07312,175 words
Decision: Do not wait. I disclose now. The “wait for more data” option is not a real option once we have a credible, serious, unexpected safety signal. Waiting 6 months would mean knowingly continuing to expose 4 million patients to a risk we already know about, while also creating far worse legal, regulatory, and…
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Ling 3.0 Flash2,623 words
48-Hour Action Plan: Responsible Disclosure of Serious Adverse Effect FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE Before the hour-by-hour breakdown, the strategic and ethical framework must be established clearly: proactive, transparent disclosure is the only viable path.
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 07311,896 words
If the Transistor Had Been Invented in 1920: A Counterfactual History Assume that in 1920 a working point-contact transistor is developed at AT&T’s research laboratories—crude, noisy, and low-powered, but clearly useful as an amplifier.
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Ling 3.0 Flash3,452 words
The 1920 Transistor: A Counterfactual Cascade Through 1980 This is a rich counterfactual. A 27-year acceleration of the transistor doesn't just move technology forward — it restructures the causal chains of the 20th century.
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Ling 3.0 Flash costs 4.4x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Input
$0.14
Output
$0.28
Ling 3.0 Flash
Input
$0.02
6.7× cheaper
Output
$0.06
4.4× cheaper

Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper on both: 6.7× input, 4.4× output.

Where to run it

31 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek V4 Flash 073129 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
OOpenInferencefp8$0.03 in·$0.80 out·1M·99.8% upSSail Researchfp4$0.04 in·$0.55 out·1M·99.7% upRRelacefp4$0.04 in·$0.64 out·1M·99.7% upSStreamLakefp8$0.05 in·$0.16 out·1M·97.1% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.06 in·$0.18 out·1M·99.7% upRRekafp4$0.09 in·$0.53 out·262k·99% up
23 more hostsFewer hosts
MMakora$0.09 in·$0.20 out·1M·97.8% upWWafer$0.10 in·$0.25 out·1M·99.9% upDDigitalOcean$0.12 in·$0.24 out·1M·99.2% upIInceptronfp4$0.12 in·$0.50 out·1M·99.6% upBBasetenfp8$0.13 in·$0.26 out·1M·100% upCCoreWeavefp8$0.13 in·$0.28 out·262k·99.9% upCohere$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·98.5% upNNebiusfp8$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·18.6% upPParasailfp8$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·99.6% upTTogether$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·99.8% upMMorph$0.14 in·$0.40 out·1M·96.4% upVVenice$0.17 in·$0.35 out·1M·99.1% upMMancerfp8$0.20 in·$0.60 out·1M·99% upFFireworks$0.22 in·$0.66 out·1M·96.5% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.22 in·$0.66 out·1M·98.3% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.29 in·$0.86 out·1M·99.9% upAlibaba Cloud$0.35 in·$1.06 out·1M·100% upNNextBitfp8$0.35 in·$1.06 out·1M·98.2% upNNovitafp8$0.41 in·$1.23 out·1M·100% upAAtlasCloudfp4$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·99.6% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·96.4% upPPhala$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·99.8% upCloudflare Workers AIdegraded$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1.3M·99.3% up
Ling 3.0 Flash2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
NNovita$0.02 in·$0.06 out·262k·100% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.06 in·$0.18 out·131k·99.7% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is developed by DeepSeek while Ling 3.0 Flash is developed by inclusionAI. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has a 1.0M token context window vs Ling 3.0 Flash's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 16 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Ling 3.0 Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 16 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.14/M input tokens and Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.021/M input tokens. Ling 3.0 Flash is $0.12/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Ling 3.0 Flash across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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