Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Inkling

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Inkling in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 36.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 88.3% for Inkling.
  • Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Inkling specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProInkling
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index39.144.1
Released2025-02-052026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—66K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.87
Output $ / M tokens—$4.68
Results tracked1441

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
FrontierCode—14%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1413
FrontierSWE—4.1%
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—32.3%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1464
ALE-Bench—946

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
APEX-Agents—33.8%
τ²-bench Banking—25%

Reasoning Inkling leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06148.54
ARC-AGI-2—36.5%
SimpleBench—50%
ARC-AGI-1—79.5%
CritPt—5.4%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1451
DTBench—87.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—37.6%
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—88.9%
ProofBench—0%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1479
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Inkling leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
GPQA Diamond65.7%88.3%
SimpleQA Verified—40.3%
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1465

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
LMArena Non-English—1434
LMArena Chinese—1490
LMArena French—1458
LMArena German—1446
LMArena Japanese—1429
LMArena Korean—1404
LMArena Russian—1429
LMArena Spanish—1448

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1426

Long Context Inkling leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1434

Writing & Preference Inkling leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProInkling
LMArena Text—1441
LMArena Creative Writing—1387
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1611
EQ-Bench 4—1226
LMArena Multi-Turn—1436
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Inkling?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Inkling better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Inkling share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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