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  5. GLM 4.7 FlashvsLing 3.0 Flash VL (free)
Updated Sep 2026

GLM 4.7 FlashvsLing 3.0 Flash VL (free)

Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) is cheaper than GLM 4.7 Flash at $0/M vs $0.07/M input tokens.

GLM 4.7 Flash and Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) compared across 18 shared prompts
SpecGLM 4.7 FlashLing 3.0 Flash VL (free)
Input price$0.07/M tokensFree
Output price$0.4/M tokensFree
Context window200K tokens262K tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedJan 2026Sep 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 18 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

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 4.7 Flash624 words
Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for a complete beginner. The goal is not perfection, but consistency and building momentum. The 3 Pillars Nutrition (Fuel): Focus on quality and hydration. Movement (Function): Focus on daily walking and gentle strength.
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)493 words
🌱 Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan 🥗 Key Area 1: Diet — Nourish Your Body Week 1: Add one extra serving of vegetables to your day (e.g., a handful of spinach in your morning eggs or a side salad at dinner). Week 2: Swap one sugary drink (soda, juice, sweetened coffee) per day for water or herbal tea.
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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…

GLM 4.7 Flash913 words
Dish: Ephemeral Earth: The Marrow Bloom Concept Narrative: This dish explores the duality of strength and fragility. Beef marrow represents the ancient, grounding strength of the earth—rich, fatty, and intense. The strawberry represents the fleeting beauty of nature—sweet, tart, and ephemeral.
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)2,639 words
"MYCELIUM" A Celebration of the Hidden Network Beneath the Forest Floor 🍄 CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVE Beneath every forest lies mycelium — the vast, invisible fungal network that connects trees, decomposes matter, and transforms the dead into life.
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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…

GLM 4.7 Flash1,198 words
If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, humanity would have skipped the entire era of vacuum tubes. This single invention would compress roughly 40 years of technological progress into two decades, fundamentally altering the trajectory of the 20th century.
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)2,673 words
If the Transistor Had Been Invented in 1920: A Counterfactual Trajectory to 1980 Preconditions and plausibility By 1920, Karl Braun's cathode ray tube (1897) and Greenleaf Pickard's silicon crystal detector (1906) had already demonstrated semiconductor properties. Quantum theory was nascent (Planck, Bohr).
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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 4.7 Flash233 words
Recipe Name: The Velvet Garlic & Pea Pasta This dish is a creamy, comforting meal that relies on the natural starch of the pasta and the fats in the butter to create a rich sauce without needing cream.
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)234 words
✨ Midnight Stardust Pasta ✨ A silky, golden garlic butter pasta that tastes far more magical than its humble ingredients suggest. ⏱ Time Prep: 5 minutes Cook: 12 minutes Total: 17 minutes 🛒 Ingredients (7 Pantry Staples) Spaghetti (8 oz) Butter (4 tbsp) Olive oil (2 tbsp) Garlic (4 cloves, minced) Parmesan cheese (½…
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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 4.7 Flash1,221 words
This is a classic "Black Swan" crisis management scenario. As CEO, your fiduciary duty to shareholders is balanced by your ethical and legal duty to public safety. In the pharmaceutical industry, the loss of trust is terminal.
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)3,093 words
CEO 48-Hour Action Plan: Handling the Undisclosed Liver Failure Risk Guiding Philosophy Patient safety is non-negotiable and takes absolute priority over stock price, board politics, or legal convenience.
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

GLM 4.7 Flash998 words
Here is an analysis of the failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in the proposed architecture, followed by specific solutions and their trade-offs.
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)1,856 words
Architecture Audit: Real-Time Collaborative Document Editor Critical Issues Found: 25+ REAL-TIME COLLABORATION FAILURES Issue #1 — Last-Write-Wins Silently Destroys User Work Problem: If User A and User B both edit the same paragraph, the change with the later client timestamp wins.
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Our Verdict
Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)
Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)
GLM 4.7 Flash
GLM 4.7 FlashRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GLM 4.7 Flash
Input
$0.07
Output
$0.40
Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

4 hosts, cheapest first

GLM 4.7 Flash3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
VVenicefp8$0.06 in·$0.40 out·128k·97.5% upCloudflare Workers AI$0.06 in·$0.40 out·131k·98.9% upNNovitabf16degraded$0.07 in·$0.40 out·200k·68.4% up
Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
NNovitabf16$0 in·$0 out·262k·100% up

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

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GLM 4.7 Flash is developed by Zhipu AI while Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) is developed by inclusionAI. GLM 4.7 Flash has a 200K token context window vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)'s 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 18 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GLM 4.7 Flash and Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 18 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GLM 4.7 Flash costs $0.07/M input tokens and Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) costs $0/M input tokens. Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) is $0.07/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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