Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Qwen1.5-110B

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling-Small leads 59.6 to 38.0.

Side by side

Inkling-Small and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
Inkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
ProviderThinking Machines LabAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index46.534.2
Released2026-07-152024-04-25
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked3320

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Coding14511184
LMArena WebDev1409—
SciCode48.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts14231168
ARC-AGI-240.1%—
ARC-AGI-184%—
CritPt8.3%—
Chess Puzzles18%—
Mystery Game Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index150.15—
ForecastBench—57.7

Math Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math14591185
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202590%—
ProofBench6%—

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert14421144
GPQA Diamond88.5%—
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Vision1235—

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English14021142
LMArena Chinese14651206
LMArena French14361151
LMArena German14051123
LMArena Japanese14051074
LMArena Korean13631044
LMArena Russian13911118
LMArena Spanish14281142

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following13991158

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query14011157

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text14141175
LMArena Creative Writing13311148
LMArena Multi-Turn14181160
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Inkling-Small or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Qwen1.5-110B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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