Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Inkling-Small leads 44.9 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 90% for Inkling-Small.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 46.5 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 524K |
| Max output | — | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.45 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1451 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1408 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Inkling-Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1424 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | 150.13 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 90% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1453 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 88.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1442 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | 1235 |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1400 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1458 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | 1438 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1412 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1392 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | 1426 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1397 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1401 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1413 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1330 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1420 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Inkling-Small better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.3 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Inkling-Small share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.