# GLM-5V-Turbo vs Inkling-Small

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5v-turbo-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 5 categories and Inkling-Small in 4 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 39.0 to 28.5.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 200K.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 46.5 |
| Rank | 86 | 57 |
| Context | 200K | 524K |
| Input $/M | $1.20 | $0.45 |
| Output $/M | $4 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105)
- Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1400 | 1408 |
| LMArena Coding | 1467 | 1451 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |

## Reasoning

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87)
- Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1424 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.13 |

## Math

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109)
- Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1453 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113)
- Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1451 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |

## Multimodal

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41)
- Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | 1235 |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69)
- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1400 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1458 |
| LMArena French | 1443 | 1438 |
| LMArena German | 1422 | 1412 |
| LMArena Korean | 1399 | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1392 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1446 | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75)
- Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1422 | 1397 |

## Long Context

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76)
- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | 1401 |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69)
- Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102)

| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1413 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1414 | 1330 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1420 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.

### Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.3 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 200K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Inkling-Small share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.