Noometry

Model comparison

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b vs Inkling-Small

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b Cohere

35.9

Rank #221 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 32b scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling-Small leads 59.6 to 42.2.
  • Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

C4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
ProviderCohereThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index35.946.5
Released2024-10-242026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K524K
Max output4K1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1833

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.8 (#231), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Coding11971451
LMArena WebDev—1409
SciCode—48.7%

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 23.3 (#180), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Hard Prompts11931423
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
ARC-AGI-1—84%
CritPt—8.3%
Chess Puzzles—18%
Mystery Game Puzzles—6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—150.15

Math Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.0 (#197), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Math12001459
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—90%
ProofBench—6%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 33.2 (#206), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Expert11821442
GPQA Diamond—88.5%
SimpleQA Verified—19.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: —, Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Vision—1235

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 38.4 (#230), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English12131402
LMArena Chinese12111465
LMArena French12481436
LMArena German11991405
LMArena Japanese11631405
LMArena Korean11581363
LMArena Russian12271391
LMArena Spanish11931428

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 62.6 (#237), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following11961399

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 37.2 (#220), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query12281401

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 42.2 (#235), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 32bInkling-Small
LMArena Text12241414
LMArena Creative Writing12001331
LMArena Multi-Turn11901418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491

Frequently asked questions

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 32b better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 32b or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 32b and Inkling-Small share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has 18 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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