# ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs Inkling

> Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-0-vs-inkling
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 3 categories and Inkling in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling leads 40.4 to 17.0.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 44.1 |
| Rank | 129 | 80 |
| Context | — | 66K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.87 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.68 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.0 (#94)
- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1455 | 1464 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: —
- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 17.0 (#297)
- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1445 | 1451 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 10.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| Thematic Generalization | 41.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 87.5% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 148.54 |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.3 (#110)
- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1437 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.8 (#128)
- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1428 | 1465 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |

## Multimodal

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.9 (#53)
- Inkling: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1249 | — |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.1 (#49)
- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1436 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1512 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1467 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1460 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1382 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1406 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1446 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1448 |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.5 (#92)
- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1413 | 1426 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#95)
- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | 1434 |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.1 (#66)
- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1426 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1434 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than Inkling?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or Inkling better for coding?

ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Inkling share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.