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Updated Jul 2026

Ling 3.0 FlashvsMiniMax M3

Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper than MiniMax M3 at $0.021/M vs $0.3/M input tokens.

Ling 3.0 Flash and MiniMax M3 compared across 16 shared prompts
SpecLing 3.0 FlashMiniMax M3
Input price$0.021/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$0.063/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Context window262K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2026Jun 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…

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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MiniMax M31,795 words
TIDES OF THE FOREST Mareas del Bosque — A dish for the table of four THE NARRATIVE Where the salt forest breathes. This dish was conceived as a poem about collision — a memory of two landscapes that should not exist in the same breath: the pine-dark density of a Boreal forest floor at dawn, and the crystalline hush of…
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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…

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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MiniMax M3287 words
🌟 Sun-Kissed Honey Glazed Carrots 🌟 A sweet-savory side dish that turns humble carrots into a glossy, crowd-pleasing showstopper. Ingredients (7 Pantry Staples) Carrots – 1 lb, peeled and cut into 2-inch diagonal pieces Butter – 3 tablespoons Honey – 2 tablespoons Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Salt – ½ teaspoon Black…
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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…

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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MiniMax M32,257 words
CEO Action Plan: 48-Hour Response to Discovered Safety Signal Operating Principles (Before I Make a Move) Before I do anything, I need to be crystal clear about the framework I'm operating in, because under pressure, even good leaders rationalize delay: The 4 million patients are not abstractions.
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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…

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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MiniMax M3644 words
🌱 Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan The best plan is one you can actually stick to. This 4-week guide focuses on three foundational pillars — the ones with the biggest impact on how you feel today and how well you age over decades. Each week builds gently on the last.
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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…

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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MiniMax M32,628 words
The 1920 Transistor: A Speculative History Through 1980 A Necessary Caveat Before diving in: quantum mechanics didn't exist in 1920. The "holes," band theory, and doping concepts that made the actual transistor possible weren't formulated until 1928-1931 (Bloch, Wilson, Heisenberg).
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

Ling 3.0 Flash2,036 words
Contract Analysis: Exploitative Clauses & Recommended Modifications Clause-by-Clause Analysis SCOPE — Unilateral Modification Without Compensation The Problem: Client can modify the scope at any time and for any reason without paying Contractor for the additional work.
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MiniMax M32,450 words
Contract Analysis: Exploitative Clauses and Recommended Modifications Below is a clause-by-clause review identifying provisions that heavily favor the Client, suggested redlines, and the legal/business reasoning behind each recommendation. Note: This is general informational analysis, not legal advice.
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Our Verdict
Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3Runner-up

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

Ling 3.0 Flash costs 19x less per token.

Too close to call

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Ling 3.0 Flash
Input
$0.02
14× cheaper
Output
$0.06
19× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20

Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper on both: 14× input, 19× output.

Where to run it

15 hosts, cheapest first

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
MiniMax M313 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
CCoreWeavefp4$0.23 in·$0.96 out·262k·99.5% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.24 in·$0.96 out·1M·99.6% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.28 in·$1.10 out·524k·99% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·95.5% upMiniMaxfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·98.8% upNNovitafp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.2% up
7 more hostsFewer hosts
SStreamLakefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.8% upTTogether$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.7% upMMara$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·89.9% upSSambaNova$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·97.6% upMModelRunfp4$0.75 in·$3.00 out·1M·99.9% upPParasailfp8degraded$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·96.1% upVVenicefp8degraded$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·65.2% up

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

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Ling 3.0 Flash is developed by inclusionAI while MiniMax M3 is developed by MiniMax. Ling 3.0 Flash has a 262K token context window vs MiniMax M3's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 16 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Ling 3.0 Flash and MiniMax M3 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.

Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.021/M input tokens and MiniMax M3 costs $0.3/M input tokens. Ling 3.0 Flash is $0.28/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 Ling 3.0 Flash and MiniMax M3 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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