Model comparison
Amazon Nova Pro vs Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling-Small leads 48.2 to 27.4.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 300K.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 46.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 524K |
| Max output | 10K | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.80 | $0.45 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.20 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1451 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147), Inkling-Small: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.8 | 150.15 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1459 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |
Knowledge Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |
Multimodal Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126), Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | 1235 |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1271 | 1436 |
| LMArena German | 1243 | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1399 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1401 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1246 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.
Is Amazon Nova Pro or Inkling-Small better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Inkling-Small share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.