Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Inkling
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling leads 65.2 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 66K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1464 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1451 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 148.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| DTBench | — | 87.5% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Inkling leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1465 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | — | 1458 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1448 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1426 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Inkling?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Inkling better for coding?
Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Inkling share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.