Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Inkling

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Inkling in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 57.3 to 31.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 36% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 0% for Inkling.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 66K.
  • Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashInkling
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index54.144.1
Released2026-07-212026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M66K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.87
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.68
Results tracked4641

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
FrontierCode34.4%14%
LMArena WebDev15381413
SciCode52.7%47%
WeirdML56.1%32.3%
LMArena Coding14911464
ALE-Bench715.52946
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierSWE—4.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
APEX-Agents46.9%33.8%
τ²-bench Banking—25%
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
ARC-AGI-260.4%36.5%
ARC-AGI-191.2%79.5%
CritPt10.6%5.4%
Chess Puzzles43%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851451
DTBench95.5%87.5%
LMCA44.9%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25148.54
SimpleBench—50%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 422%4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%88.9%
ProofBench36%0%
LMArena Math15051479
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
GPQA Diamond94.1%88.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%40.3%
LMArena Expert14881465

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Inkling: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
LMArena Non-English14691434
LMArena Chinese15311490
LMArena French15041458
LMArena German14781446
LMArena Japanese14761429
LMArena Korean14311404
LMArena Russian14871429
LMArena Spanish14751448

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
LMArena Instruction Following14661426

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
LMArena Longer Query14741434

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashInkling
LMArena Text14791441
LMArena Creative Writing14651387
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041611
LMArena Multi-Turn14811436
EQ-Bench 4—1226

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Inkling?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Inkling better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Inkling share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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