Model comparison
Inkling vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling leads 65.2 to 31.1.
Side by side
| Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 66K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.87 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.68 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling leads
Inkling: 34.5 (#234), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1101 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Inkling: 29.6 (#85), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Inkling: 40.4 (#56), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1100 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Inkling leads
Inkling: 31.3 (#225), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1151 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Inkling: 55.1 (#49), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1067 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Inkling: 54.0 (#52), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Inkling: 75.1 (#71), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Inkling leads
Inkling: 43.8 (#86), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Inkling: 65.2 (#51), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Inkling or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.