Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Inkling
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 26.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 88.9% for Inkling.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 66K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 24.9% | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1464 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1451 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 87.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 148.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 88.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1465 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Inkling: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1448 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1426 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Inkling?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Inkling better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.4 vs 34.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Inkling share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.