Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Ling 3.1 Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Gemini 3.8 Flash from $0.75 and Ling 3.1 Flash from $0.07.

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has the largest context window: Gemini 3.8 Flash 1,048,576 tokens and Ling 3.1 Flash 262,144 tokens.

Which is smarter, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ling 3.1 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Gemini 3.8 Flash 30.8 and Ling 3.1 Flash 29.6.

Can I switch between Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ling 3.1 Flash without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (google/gemini-3.8-flash, inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash).

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Ling 3.1 Flash

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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Gemini 3.8 Flash Googlegoogle/gemini-3.8-flash

Ling 3.1 Flash inclusionAIinclusionai/ling-3.1-flash

Creator

Google

inclusionAI

Released

Sep 2, 2026

Oct 2, 2026

Context window

1.05M

262K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.75

$0.07

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$3.75

$0.22

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

30.8

29.6

Accepts

Text, Image, Audio, Video, Files

Text

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Ling 3.1 Flash: summary

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ling 3.1 Flash are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Gemini 3.8 Flash, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 30.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Ling 3.1 Flash, from inclusionAI, has a 262,144-token context window, costs $0.07/1M input and $0.22/1M output tokens and scores 29.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Ling 3.1 Flash is the cheapest on input, 11× cheaper than the next model, Gemini 3.8 Flash has the largest context window and Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="google/gemini-3.8-flash", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash", messages=[...])

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