Model comparison
Inkling vs Qwen Turbo
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 22.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 88.9% for Inkling and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 66K.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Inkling | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 66K | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.87 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.68 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 41 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Inkling: 34.5 (#234), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Inkling: 29.6 (#85), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Inkling: 40.4 (#56), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | — |
Math Inkling leads
Inkling: 31.3 (#225), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | 6.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1479 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Inkling: 55.1 (#49), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | 41.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Inkling: 54.0 (#52), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | — |
| LMArena French | 1458 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Inkling: 75.1 (#71), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Inkling: 43.8 (#86), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Inkling: 65.2 (#51), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling better than Qwen Turbo?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Inkling or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do Inkling and Qwen Turbo share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.