Model comparison

ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs Inkling

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.0 0110 Baidu

41.2

Rank #129 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #75 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 3 categories and Inkling in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling leads 40.6 to 16.3.
  • Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Inkling specifications
ERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
ProviderBaiduThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index41.244.1
Released—2026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—66K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.87
Output $ / M tokens—$4.68
Results tracked2041

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 42.3 (#94), Inkling: 34.1 (#229)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Coding14551463
FrontierCode—14%
LMArena WebDev—1412
FrontierSWE—4.1%
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—32.3%
ALE-Bench—946

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: —, Inkling: 29.5 (#76)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
APEX-Agents—33.8%
τ²-bench Banking—25%

Reasoning Inkling leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 16.3 (#296), Inkling: 40.6 (#48)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Hard Prompts14461452
ARC-AGI-2—36.5%
SimpleBench—50%
NYT Connections (extended)10.3%—
ARC-AGI-1—79.5%
CritPt—5.4%
Chess Puzzles—21%
Thematic Generalization41.7%—
DTBench—87.5%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—148.6

Math ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 36.5 (#111), Inkling: 31.2 (#198)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Math14371482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—88.9%
ProofBench—0%

Knowledge Inkling leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.2 (#125), Inkling: 55.2 (#44)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Expert14271468
GPQA Diamond—88.3%
SimpleQA Verified—40.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.1 (#49), Inkling: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Vision1248—

Multilingual Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.3 (#47), Inkling: 54.2 (#49)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Non-English14361434
LMArena Chinese15121495
LMArena French14661453
LMArena German14621456
LMArena Japanese13831428
LMArena Korean14061401
LMArena Russian14461430
LMArena Spanish14731442

Instruction Following Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.7 (#88), Inkling: 75.3 (#65)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Instruction Following14131427

Long Context Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#90), Inkling: 43.9 (#79)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Longer Query14221436

Writing & Preference Inkling leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.4 (#64), Inkling: 65.5 (#48)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Inkling
LMArena Text14451443
LMArena Creative Writing14261390
LMArena Multi-Turn14331436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1611
EQ-Bench 4—1226

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than Inkling?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or Inkling better for coding?

ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Inkling share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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