Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Inkling

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 88.9% for Inkling.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Inkling specifications
Gemma 3 1BInkling
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index21.144.1
Released2025-03-122026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—66K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.87
Output $ / M tokens—$4.68
Results tracked441

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
FrontierCode—14%
LMArena WebDev—1413
FrontierSWE—4.1%
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—32.3%
LMArena Coding—1464
ALE-Bench—946

Agentic & Tool Use Inkling leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
APEX-Agents—33.8%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—
τ²-bench Banking—25%

Reasoning Inkling leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
Chess Puzzles0%21%
ARC-AGI-2—36.5%
SimpleBench—50%
ARC-AGI-1—79.5%
CritPt—5.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1451
DTBench—87.5%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—148.54

Math Inkling leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%88.9%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—4.9%
ProofBench—0%
LMArena Math—1479

Knowledge Inkling leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
GPQA Diamond19.9%88.3%
SimpleQA Verified—40.3%
LMArena Expert—1465

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
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

Gemma 3 1B: —, Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
LMArena Instruction Following—1426

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
LMArena Longer Query—1434

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BInkling
LMArena Text—1441
LMArena Creative Writing—1387
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1611
EQ-Bench 4—1226
LMArena Multi-Turn—1436

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Inkling?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Inkling share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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