Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Yi-34B

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling-Small leads 48.2 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 88.5% for Inkling-Small and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Inkling-Small and Yi-34B specifications
Inkling-SmallYi-34B
ProviderThinking Machines Lab01.AI
Noometry Index46.527.8
Released2026-07-152023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked3323

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Coding14511112
LMArena WebDev1409—
SciCode48.7%—

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14231104
Epoch Capabilities Index150.15117.39
ARC-AGI-240.1%—
ARC-AGI-184%—
CritPt8.3%—
Chess Puzzles18%—
Mystery Game Puzzles6%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Math14591114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202590%—
ProofBench6%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
GPQA Diamond88.5%14.7%
LMArena Expert14421061
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Vision1235—

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14021079
LMArena Chinese14651176
LMArena French14361081
LMArena German14051042
LMArena Japanese1405993
LMArena Korean1363959
LMArena Russian13911050
LMArena Spanish14281070

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13991091

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14011094

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkInkling-SmallYi-34B
LMArena Text14141129
LMArena Creative Writing13311108
LMArena Multi-Turn14181113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than Yi-34B?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Inkling-Small or Yi-34B better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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