# Inkling-Small vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-small-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 17.3.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 63 | 152 |
| Context | 524K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.45 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1461 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | 1436 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | 141.35 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| CritPt | 8.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |

## Math

- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1431 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1432 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1405 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1415 |

## Long Context

- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1415 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling-Small better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.