AI model comparison

Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Mistral Nemo

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Ling 3.0 Flash VL builds on Ling 3.0 Flash (124B total / 5.5B active MoE from InclusionAI), further strengthening its language capabilities while adding native visual perception and advanced visual

Input / 1M
$0.02
Output / 1M
$0.06
Context
262K

A 12B parameter model with a 128k token context length built by Mistral in collaboration with NVIDIA.

Input / 1M
$0.03
Output / 1M
$0.03
Context
131K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Ling 3.0 Flash VL

1.0x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Tie

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

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Ling 3.0 Flash VL

262K vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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Ling 3.0 Flash VL

Released September 10, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

inclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VL24.6
mistralai logoMistral NemoNot available

Coding index

inclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VL57
mistralai logoMistral NemoNot available

Agentic index

inclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VL28.7
mistralai logoMistral NemoNot available

Pricing

Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Mistral Nemo API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricinclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VLmistralai logoMistral Nemo
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.02$0.03
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.06$0.03
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.00Not available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

inclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VL$0.07
mistralai logoMistral Nemo$0.07

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

inclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VL$0.88$0.37 cached
mistralai logoMistral Nemo$0.99

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

inclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VL$3.27$0.75 cached
mistralai logoMistral Nemo$4.41

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricinclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VLmistralai logoMistral Nemo
Context window262K tokens131K tokens
Max output33K tokens16K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateSeptember 10, 2026July 19, 2024

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricinclusionai logoLing 3.0 Flash VLmistralai logoMistral Nemo
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Ling 3.0 Flash VL is 1.0x cheaper for a typical chat. Ling 3.0 Flash VL has the larger context window (262K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Ling 3.0 Flash VL or Mistral Nemo cheaper?

Ling 3.0 Flash VL is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Ling 3.0 Flash VL costs $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.06 per 1M output tokens, while Mistral Nemo costs $0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.03 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Ling 3.0 Flash VL or Mistral Nemo?

Ling 3.0 Flash VL supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 131K for Mistral Nemo.

Can I use Ling 3.0 Flash VL and Mistral Nemo at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Ling 3.0 Flash VL and Mistral Nemo answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Ling 3.0 Flash VL and Mistral Nemo at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.