Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Inkling
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 9.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 88.9% for Inkling.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 66K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1464 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1451 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 148.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| DTBench | — | 87.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 88.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1465 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1448 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1426 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1387 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1611 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Inkling?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Inkling better for coding?
Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Inkling share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.