Apodex 1.1 Mini (free) vs Ling 3.1 Flash, head to head

Side A

Side B

Overall

Ling 3.1 Flash is clearly better. It wins 42 of the 46 test cases where they differ.

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Task by task

A score turns orange only when that model wins clearly more of the task's test cases. Under each score, the average time per test case on the machine it ran on. Both models spend about the same on thinking per test case.

Thinking tokensAnswer tokens

TaskAApodex 1.1 Mini (free)BLing 3.1 FlashApodex 1.1 Mini (free)Ling 3.1 Flash

Overall

2535.1s

8.5K7.9K

451m 16s

Agents

Runs multi-step jobs through tools, within a written policy

2639.4s

6.2K4.5K

4155.9s

Structured Extraction

Turns logs, diffs and records into exact JSON

5227.2s

7.7K8.1K

711m 11s

Coding

Writes code and SQL that pass hidden tests

446.5s

12.1K11.3K

241m 42s

Grounded Answers

Answers from the given documents with sources, never guesses

2926.0s

6.9K6.7K

5258.9s

Instruction Following

Applies every rule, including ones changed mid-conversation

3644.5s

11.4K11.4K

761m 55s

Business Logic

Computes billing, scheduling and pricing rules exactly

1435.4s

10K9.7K

381m 22s

Security & permissions

Ignores planted instructions, still does the allowed work

4027.3s

5.8K5.2K

5456.1s

Diagnosis & investigation

Chooses diagnostic checks, repairs supported causes and verifies recovery

034.6s

5.1K3.2K

042.1s

What you'd run

The build behind each score. Orange marks the faster, smaller, cheaper or longer-context side.

SpecAApodex 1.1 Mini (free)BLing 3.1 Flash

Speed

278 tok/s

112 tok/s

Machine

Hosted

Memory at 32K

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Context

256K

Cost per run

Not measured

Cost per case

Not measured

Time per case

35.1s

1m 16s

Quantization

BF16

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Harness

openrouter

The race

No lead changes

Each model's running score as the test cases go by. The dashed line is a perfect run.

Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)Ling 3.1 Flash

Every test case

153 test cases

Each square is one test case, colored by the model that scored higher.

Agents26

Structured Extraction15

Coding05

Grounded Answers05

Instruction Following012

Business Logic05

Security & permissions14

Diagnosis & investigation00

4 won by Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)42 won by Ling 3.1 Flash107 tied