Model comparison
Inkling vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 35.5.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 38.8 |
| 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 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Inkling: 34.5 (#234), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1314 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Inkling: 29.6 (#85), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Inkling: 40.4 (#56), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1299 |
| 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 | 148.54 | — |
Math Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Inkling: 31.3 (#225), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1298 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Inkling: 55.1 (#49), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1289 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Inkling: 54.0 (#52), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1231 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Inkling: 75.1 (#71), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1275 |
Long Context Inkling leads
Inkling: 43.8 (#86), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Inkling: 65.2 (#51), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1299 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Inkling or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.