Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Inkling
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 63× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 88.9% for Inkling.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Granite 4.0 Micro accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 66K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 66K |
| Max output | 118K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1464 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 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
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | 88.9% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1479 |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1465 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Inkling leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1426 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1387 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1436 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Inkling?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 63× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Inkling?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.
Which has the bigger context window?
Granite 4.0 Micro does, with 131K tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Inkling share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.