Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Wizardlm 70b

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling-Small leads 59.6 to 34.8.

Side by side

Inkling-Small and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Inkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
ProviderThinking Machines LabMicrosoft
Noometry Index46.533.0
Released2026-07-15—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked3312

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14511081
LMArena WebDev1409—
SciCode48.7%—

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14231079
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), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math14591116
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202590%—
ProofBench6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond88.5%—
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—
LMArena Expert1442—

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1235—

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14021078
LMArena Chinese14651052
LMArena German14051083
LMArena Russian13911155
LMArena French1436—
LMArena Japanese1405—
LMArena Korean1363—
LMArena Spanish1428—

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13991093

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14011097

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14141120
LMArena Creative Writing13311149
LMArena Multi-Turn14181108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than Wizardlm 70b?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Inkling-Small or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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