Model comparison
Inkling-Small vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 24.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 90% for Inkling-Small and 70% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $2 for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 42.0 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 524K | 262K |
| Max output | 1.05M | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 33 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1254 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 29.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1410 |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 8.3% | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | 10% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | 1400 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | 142.52 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 29.5% |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | 70% |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1404 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | 83.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1408 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1457 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1405 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1376 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | 1392 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1379 |
Long Context Too close to call
Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1389 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1346 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1390 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling-Small better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $2.
Is Inkling-Small or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 33.8 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 Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.