# DBRX vs Inkling-Small

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling-Small leads 48.2 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 88.5% for Inkling-Small.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 46.5 |
| Rank | 311 | 63 |
| Context | — | 524K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.45 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1451 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1423 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.15 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1459 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 88.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1442 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1235 |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1436 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1428 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1399 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1401 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Inkling-Small share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.