Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling-Small leads 59.6 to 24.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 46.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 524K |
| Max output | — | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.45 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1451 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 150.15 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1459 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1442 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1235 |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1465 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1391 |
| LMArena French | — | 1436 |
| LMArena German | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1363 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1428 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1399 |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1401 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Inkling-Small better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Inkling-Small share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.