# Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Inkling-Small

> Inkling-Small has enough public results to be ranked (#63); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-deep-think-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and Inkling-Small in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 38.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 40.1% for Inkling-Small.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 58.3 | 46.5 |
| Rank | — | 63 |
| Context | — | 524K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.45 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1451 |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14)
- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | 84% |
| CritPt | 25.7% | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1423 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.15 |

## Math

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1459 |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1442 |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1235 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1465 |
| LMArena French | — | 1436 |
| LMArena German | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1428 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1399 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1401 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1418 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small has enough public results to be ranked (#63); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Inkling-Small share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.