Model comparison
Inkling-Small vs Ring-2.6-1T
Inkling-Small has enough public results to be ranked (#63); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Ant Group (inclusionAI)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 26.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 48.7% for Inkling-Small and 42.4% for Ring-2.6-1T.
Side by side
| Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Ant Group (inclusionAI) |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 36.9 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2026-05-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 524K | — |
| Max output | 1.05M | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 48.7% | 42.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 432.57 |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 8.3% | 3.7% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | — |
Math Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | — |
| LMArena French | 1436 | — |
| LMArena German | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling-Small better than Ring-2.6-1T?
Inkling-Small has enough public results to be ranked (#63); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Inkling-Small or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Ring-2.6-1T share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.