Is Ling 3.0 Flash (free) or Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking cheaper?

Ling 3.0 Flash (free) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Ling 3.0 Flash (free) or Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking?

Ling 3.0 Flash (free) has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Ling 3.0 Flash (free) vs Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking

Ling 3.0 Flash (free) is cheaper on output tokens, while Ling 3.0 Flash (free) offers a larger context window. Choose Ling 3.0 Flash (free) or Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Ling 3.0 Flash (free)	Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking
Provider	AIHubMix	AIHubMix
Input / 1M tokens	$0.00	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$25.00
Context window	262K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2026	Nov 2025

Ling 3.0 Flash (free) details →Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking details →

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