Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Llama 2-13B

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling-Small leads 59.6 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 18% for Inkling-Small and 0% for Llama 2-13B.

Side by side

Inkling-Small and Llama 2-13B specifications
Inkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
ProviderThinking Machines LabMeta
Noometry Index46.529.6
Released2026-07-152023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked3332

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14511062
LMArena WebDev1409—
SciCode48.7%—

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles18%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14231051
Epoch Capabilities Index150.15106.17
ARC-AGI-240.1%—
ARC-AGI-184%—
CritPt8.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles6%—
DTBench—42.2%
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Math14591065
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202590%—
ProofBench6%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Expert14421030
GPQA Diamond88.5%—
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Vision1235—
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14021024
LMArena Chinese14651001
LMArena French14361044
LMArena German14051009
LMArena Japanese1405894
LMArena Korean1363953
LMArena Russian13911055
LMArena Spanish14281087

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following13991045

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query14011064

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallLlama 2-13B
LMArena Text14141084
LMArena Creative Writing13311047
LMArena Multi-Turn14181050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than Llama 2-13B?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Inkling-Small or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Llama 2-13B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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