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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Inkling

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 38 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Inkling in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 40.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 89.2% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 36.5% for Inkling.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 66K.
  • Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashInkling
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index61.844.1
Released2026-09-022026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M66K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.87
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.68
Results tracked5041

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
FrontierCode41.2%14%
LMArena WebDev15841413
FrontierSWE19.6%4.1%
SciCode56.6%47%
WeirdML84.8%32.3%
LMArena Coding15101464
ALE-Bench1,270946
DeepSWE73.8%—
CursorBench39.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
APEX-Agents64.3%33.8%
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
τ²-bench Banking—25%
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
ARC-AGI-289.2%36.5%
ARC-AGI-198.5%79.5%
CritPt18.3%5.4%
Chess Puzzles61%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081451
DTBench95.7%87.5%
LMCA52.9%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71148.54
SimpleBench—50%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 422%4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%88.9%
ProofBench48%0%
LMArena Math15281479

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
GPQA Diamond95.4%88.3%
SimpleQA Verified69.7%40.3%
LMArena Expert15241465
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Inkling: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
LMArena Non-English14911434
LMArena Chinese15541490
LMArena French14981458
LMArena German14931446
LMArena Japanese15021429
LMArena Korean14591404
LMArena Russian15151429
LMArena Spanish14851448

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
LMArena Instruction Following14901426

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
LMArena Longer Query15081434

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashInkling
LMArena Text14991441
LMArena Creative Writing14921387
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17481611
LMArena Multi-Turn15011436
EQ-Bench 4—1226

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Inkling?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Inkling better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Inkling share?

38 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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