Noometry

Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 29.3.
  • Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
  • Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Inkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderThinking Machines LabAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index46.543.2
Released2026-07-152025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K131K
Max output1.05M33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$2.80
Results tracked3318

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding14511439
LMArena WebDev1409—
SciCode48.7%—

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14231428
ARC-AGI-240.1%—
ARC-AGI-184%—
CritPt8.3%—
Chess Puzzles18%—
Mystery Game Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index150.15—

Math Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math14591426
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), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert14421442
GPQA Diamond88.5%—
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision12351247

Multilingual Too close to call

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English14021405
LMArena Chinese14651463
LMArena French14361452
LMArena German14051424
LMArena Japanese14051385
LMArena Korean13631394
LMArena Russian13911408
LMArena Spanish14281428

Instruction Following Too close to call

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following13991406

Long Context Too close to call

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query14011420

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text14141420
LMArena Creative Writing13311366
LMArena Multi-Turn14181428
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Inkling-Small or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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