Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (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 reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 23.1% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 90% for Inkling-Small.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 46.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 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 | 45 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1451 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Inkling-Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | 40.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 150.15 |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| DTBench | 59% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 90% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1459 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
Knowledge Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 88.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1442 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | 1235 |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | 1436 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1399 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1401 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Inkling-Small better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Inkling-Small share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.