Model comparison
Granite 4.1 30B vs Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small has enough public results to be ranked (#63); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 30B scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 22.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 25.8% for Granite 4.1 30B and 48.7% for Inkling-Small.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 46.5 |
| Released | 2026-04-29 | 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 | 2 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 35.2, Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 25.8% | 48.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1451 |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 22.4, Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 8.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1423 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.15 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1459 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1442 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1235 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1465 |
| LMArena French | — | 1436 |
| LMArena German | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1428 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1399 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1401 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1418 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 30B better than Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small has enough public results to be ranked (#63); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Granite 4.1 30B or Inkling-Small better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 30B and Inkling-Small share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 30B has 2 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.