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Updated Jul 2026

GLM 4.6vsLing 3.0 Flash

Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper than GLM 4.6 at $0.021/M vs $0.4/M input tokens.

GLM 4.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash compared across 16 shared prompts
SpecGLM 4.6Ling 3.0 Flash
Input price$0.4/M tokens$0.021/M tokens
Output price$1.75/M tokens$0.063/M tokens
Context window203K tokens262K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2025Jul 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

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

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…

GLM 4.61,480 words
Michelin 3-Star Dish: "Tidal Echo" Conceptual Narrative "Tidal Echo" is a poetic interpretation of the moment a wave recedes from a remote, mineral-rich shore at dusk. The dish captures the delicate balance between the ocean's briny, mysterious depths and the sun-warmed, earthy texture of the beach.
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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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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…

GLM 4.6288 words
Of course! Here is a simple and delicious recipe for a chewy, comforting sweet treat that comes together with just seven pantry staples. Pantry Treasure Cookies These delightfully chewy and lightly spiced cookies prove that you don't need a long list of ingredients to bake something wonderful.
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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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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…

GLM 4.6918 words
Of course! Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for a beginner to build lasting habits for better health and longevity. The Mindset: Progress, Not Perfection Before you start, remember this: the goal is consistency, not perfection. You will have off days. That's normal.
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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…

GLM 4.61,502 words
This is a defining moment. The decision made in the next 48 hours will determine not only the company's financial future but its soul. My guiding principle is simple: We will control the narrative by doing the right thing, immediately.
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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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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

GLM 4.6735 words
Of course. Here is a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan designed for a dedicated biohacker. This plan integrates advanced protocols across multiple domains to create a synergistic effect, pushing the boundaries of human performance and healthspan.
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Ling 3.0 Flash2,901 words
🧬 THE 90-DAY LONGEVITY OPTIMIZATION BLUEPRINT A Comprehensive Biohacking Protocol for Cellular Renewal, Cognitive Enhancement & Vitality Disclaimer: This protocol is for educational and informational purposes only. Many compounds listed (rapamycin, metformin, etc.) require physician supervision and prescription.
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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…

GLM 4.6793 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of an LLM's training process as a massive, distributed compression and compilation task. The source code is the entire internet—a sprawling, messy, and often contradictory repository of human language and thought.
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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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Our Verdict
GLM 4.6
GLM 4.6
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 28x less per token.

Too close to call

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GLM 4.6
Input
$0.40
Output
$1.75
Ling 3.0 Flash
Input
$0.02
19× cheaper
Output
$0.06
28× cheaper

Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper on both: 19× input, 28× output.

Where to run it

6 hosts, cheapest first

GLM 4.64 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
VVenicefp4$0.43 in·$1.75 out·198k·99.6% upDDeepInfrafp4$0.50 in·$2.00 out·203k·99.4% upNNovitabf16$0.55 in·$2.20 out·205k·99.2% upZ.aifp4$0.60 in·$2.20 out·203k·92.1% up
Ling 3.0 Flash2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
NNovita$0.02 in·$0.06 out·262k·100% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.06 in·$0.18 out·131k·99.6% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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GLM 4.6 is developed by Zhipu AI while Ling 3.0 Flash is developed by inclusionAI. GLM 4.6 has a 203K 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. GLM 4.6 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.

GLM 4.6 costs $0.4/M input tokens and Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.021/M input tokens. Ling 3.0 Flash is $0.38/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 GLM 4.6 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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