Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Laguna M.1

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Inkling-Small leads 45.1 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for Inkling-Small and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Inkling-Small and Laguna M.1 specifications
Inkling-SmallLaguna M.1
ProviderThinking Machines LabPoolside
Noometry Index46.532.5
Released2026-07-152026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K262K
Max output1.05M33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked333

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev14091349
SciCode48.7%—
LMArena Coding1451—

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
ARC-AGI-240.1%—
ARC-AGI-184%—
CritPt8.3%—
Chess Puzzles18%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1423—
Mystery Game Puzzles6%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index150.15—

Math Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
ProofBench6%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202590%—
LMArena Math1459—

Knowledge Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond88.5%—
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—
LMArena Expert1442—

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1235—

Multilingual Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1402—
LMArena Chinese1465—
LMArena French1436—
LMArena German1405—
LMArena Japanese1405—
LMArena Korean1363—
LMArena Russian1391—
LMArena Spanish1428—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1399—

Long Context Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1401—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1414—
LMArena Creative Writing1331—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
LMArena Multi-Turn1418—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than Laguna M.1?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Inkling-Small or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Laguna M.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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