# Inkling-Small vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-small-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 20.7.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.80 / $8.40 for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 63 | 302 |
| Context | 524K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.45 | $2.80 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $8.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | — |
| SciCode | 48.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Inkling-Small: —
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.6 (#144)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld | — | 5% |

## Reasoning

- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.7 (#233)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| CritPt | 8.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | — |

## Math

- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | — |

## Multimodal

- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 33.5 (#97)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | 1107 |
| Video-MME | — | 73.5% |
| GeoBench | — | 62% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 33.3% |

## Multilingual

- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| 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

- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | — |

## Long Context

- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling-Small better than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct lists at $2.80 and $8.40.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6.