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title: "Ling 3.0 Flash claims top spot among small open models"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/ling-3-0-flash-claims-top-spot-among-small-open-models-0debd7
source_name: "The Decoder"
source_url: https://the-decoder.com/ling-3-0-flash-is-the-smartest-open-model-at-its-size/
published: 2026-08-13T15:03:04.000Z
topics: ["open source", "llms"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# Ling 3.0 Flash claims top spot among small open models

*2026-08-13 · Source: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/ling-3-0-flash-is-the-smartest-open-model-at-its-size/)*

Ling 3.0 Flash has been released and is being described, per its own benchmark results, as the strongest open-weight model in its size class.

**Why it matters:** Small, efficient open models are where competition is currently fiercest, since they're cheap enough for wide self-hosted deployment. Another claimed leader in this class, following recent releases from DeepSeek and Liquid AI, underscores how quickly the open-weight small-model tier is turning over.

**Topics:** open source, llms

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