Model comparison
Inkling-Small vs Mistral
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling-Small leads 48.3 to 16.3.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Inkling-Small | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 524K | — |
| Max output | 1.05M | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80), Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1408 | — |
| SciCode | 48.7% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53), Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1424 | 1149 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| CritPt | 8.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.13 | — |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65), Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1453 | 1180 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71), Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102), Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1400 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1458 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1438 | 1179 |
| LMArena German | 1412 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | 1355 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1392 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1426 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112), Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1397 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113), Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1154 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102), Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1413 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1330 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1420 | 1147 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling-Small better than Mistral?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Inkling-Small or Mistral better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.3 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.