Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Inkling-Small

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B 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 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 90% for Inkling-Small.
  • Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index29.946.5
Released2024-10-032026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—524K
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Coding12181451
LMArena WebDev—1409
SciCode—48.7%

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Hard Prompts12091423
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
ARC-AGI-1—84%
CritPt—8.3%
Chess Puzzles—18%
Mystery Game Puzzles—6%
DTBench50%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—150.15

Math Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%90%
LMArena Math12071459
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
ProofBench—6%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
GPQA Diamond33%88.5%
LMArena Expert11851442
SimpleQA Verified—19.1%

Multimodal Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Vision10441235

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English12151402
LMArena Chinese12311465
LMArena French12341436
LMArena German12061405
LMArena Japanese11501405
LMArena Korean11401363
LMArena Russian12361391
LMArena Spanish12121428

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following11991399

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query12191401

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Text12261414
LMArena Creative Writing12181331
LMArena Multi-Turn11851418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Inkling-Small share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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