Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Inkling-Small

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling-Small leads 59.6 to 30.4.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Inkling-Small specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index31.346.5
Released—2026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—524K
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1933

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Coding10841451
LMArena WebDev—1409
SciCode—48.7%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Hard Prompts10711423
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
ARC-AGI-1—84%
CritPt—8.3%
Chess Puzzles—18%
Mystery Game Puzzles—6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—150.15

Math Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Math11071459
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—90%
ProofBench—6%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Expert10391442
GPQA Diamond—88.5%
SimpleQA Verified—19.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Vision—1235

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English10521402
LMArena Chinese10611465
LMArena French10651436
LMArena German10541405
LMArena Japanese9711405
LMArena Korean9881363
LMArena Russian10461391
LMArena Spanish10491428

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following10571399

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query10561401

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITInkling-Small
LMArena Text10941414
LMArena Creative Writing10601331
LMArena Multi-Turn10401418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Inkling-Small share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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