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Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Inkling-Small

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Inkling-Small in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 45.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 54% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 6% for Inkling-Small.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $1.20 for Inkling-Small.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
ProviderDeepSeekThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index52.846.5
Released2026-09-092026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M524K
Max output393K1.05M
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.45
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.20
Results tracked3733

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena WebDev16191409
SciCode51.9%48.7%
LMArena Coding15061451
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Inkling-Small: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
CritPt14.3%8.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14831423
Mystery Game Puzzles43%6%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9150.15
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-1—84%
Chess Puzzles—18%
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%90%
ProofBench54%6%
LMArena Math14771459

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
GPQA Diamond89.8%88.5%
LMArena Expert15061442
SimpleQA Verified—19.1%

Multimodal Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Vision12771235
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English14481402
LMArena Chinese14971465
LMArena French14521436
LMArena German14841405
LMArena Japanese14121405
LMArena Korean14521363
LMArena Russian14711391
LMArena Spanish14591428

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following14741399

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query14751401

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Text14621414
LMArena Creative Writing14351331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15401491
LMArena Multi-Turn14571418

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Inkling-Small?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Inkling-Small?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Inkling-Small lists at $0.45 and $1.20.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Inkling-Small better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Inkling-Small share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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