Model comparison
Inkling vs Mistral
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.2 to 16.3.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Inkling | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 66K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.87 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.68 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Inkling: 34.1 (#229), Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1463 | 1162 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1412 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Inkling: 29.5 (#76), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Inkling: 40.6 (#48), Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1149 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.6 | — |
Math Inkling leads
Inkling: 31.2 (#198), Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1482 | 1180 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Inkling: 55.2 (#44), Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1468 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Inkling: 54.2 (#49), Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1453 | 1179 |
| LMArena German | 1456 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1430 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Inkling: 75.3 (#65), Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1427 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Inkling leads
Inkling: 43.9 (#79), Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1436 | 1154 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Inkling: 65.5 (#48), Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1390 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1147 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling better than Mistral?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Inkling or Mistral better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.1 vs 33.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Inkling and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.