Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Inkling

Inkling has enough public results to be ranked (#80); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.3

Unranked Sparse

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and Inkling in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 40.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 36.5% for Inkling.
  • Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and Inkling specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index58.344.1
Released2026-02-122026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—66K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.87
Output $ / M tokens—$4.68
Results tracked341

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
FrontierCode—14%
LMArena WebDev—1413
FrontierSWE—4.1%
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—32.3%
LMArena Coding—1464
ALE-Bench—946

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
APEX-Agents—33.8%
τ²-bench Banking—25%

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
ARC-AGI-284.6%36.5%
ARC-AGI-196%79.5%
CritPt25.7%5.4%
SimpleBench—50%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1451
DTBench—87.5%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—148.54

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—88.9%
ProofBench—0%
LMArena Math—1479

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
GPQA Diamond—88.3%
SimpleQA Verified—40.3%
LMArena Expert—1465

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
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 Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
LMArena Instruction Following—1426

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
LMArena Longer Query—1434

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkInkling
LMArena Text—1441
LMArena Creative Writing—1387
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1611
EQ-Bench 4—1226
LMArena Multi-Turn—1436

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Inkling?

Inkling has enough public results to be ranked (#80); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Inkling share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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