Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Inkling-Small

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling-Small leads 48.3 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 90% for Inkling-Small.
  • Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index29.746.5
Released2024-10-032026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—524K
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Coding12181451
LMArena WebDev—1408
SciCode—48.7%

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Hard Prompts12101424
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
ARC-AGI-1—84%
CritPt—8.3%
Chess Puzzles—18%
Mystery Game Puzzles—6%
DTBench50%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—150.13

Math Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%90%
LMArena Math12071453
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
ProofBench—6%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
GPQA Diamond33%88.5%
LMArena Expert11851442
SimpleQA Verified—19.1%

Multimodal Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Vision10441235

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English12151400
LMArena Chinese12311458
LMArena French12331438
LMArena German12061412
LMArena Japanese11501399
LMArena Korean11401355
LMArena Russian12361392
LMArena Spanish12121426

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following11991397

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query12191401

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BInkling-Small
LMArena Text12261413
LMArena Creative Writing12181330
LMArena Multi-Turn11851420
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.3 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Inkling-Small share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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