# Inkling vs Inkling-Small

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 31

## Summary

- They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 6 categories and Inkling-Small in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Inkling-Small leads 45.1 to 31.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 40.3% for Inkling and 19.1% for Inkling-Small.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 66K.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 46.5 |
| Rank | 80 | 63 |
| Context | 66K | 524K |
| Input $/M | $1.87 | $0.45 |
| Output $/M | $4.68 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | 1409 |
| SciCode | 47% | 48.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1451 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
- Inkling-Small: —

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |

## Reasoning

- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | 40.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | 84% |
| CritPt | 5.4% | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | 18% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | 150.15 |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |

## Math

- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | 90% |
| ProofBench | 0% | 6% |
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1459 |

## Knowledge

- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | 19.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1442 |

## Multimodal

- Inkling: —
- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1235 |

## Multilingual

- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | 1436 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1428 |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1399 |

## Long Context

- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1401 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | 1491 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling or Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

### Is Inkling or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 66K.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling and Inkling-Small share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.