Model comparison
Inkling-Small vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Inkling-Small and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo score almost the same on the Noometry Index (46.5 vs 45.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 3 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 32.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 90% for Inkling-Small and 83.1% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.
Side by side
| Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 45.8 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2025-11-06 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 524K | — |
| Max output | 1.05M | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1322 |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1454 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | 1428 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| CritPt | 8.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | 83.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1429 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | 84.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1439 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | 1398 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1456 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1425 |
| LMArena German | 1405 | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1357 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1330 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | 1406 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1403 |
Long Context Too close to call
Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | 1415 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1414 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling-Small better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?
Inkling-Small and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo score almost the same on the Noometry Index (46.5 vs 45.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Inkling-Small or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.