Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #75 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash leads 69.5 to 31.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 58% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 0% for Inkling.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 66K.
  • Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashInkling
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index59.844.1
Released2026-08-132026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M66K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.87
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.68
Results tracked4441

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 55.7 (#19), Inkling: 34.1 (#229)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
FrontierCode43.6%14%
LMArena WebDev15931412
FrontierSWE20.3%4.1%
SciCode59.8%47%
LMArena Coding14991463
ALE-Bench904.3946
DeepSWE65.5%—
WeirdML—32.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.2 (#18), Inkling: 29.5 (#76)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
APEX-Agents67.8%33.8%
Remote Labor Index5%—
τ²-bench Banking—25%
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.1 (#12), Inkling: 40.6 (#48)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
ARC-AGI-284.6%36.5%
ARC-AGI-195.5%79.5%
CritPt14.3%5.4%
Chess Puzzles47%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14971452
DTBench96.8%87.5%
LMCA50.4%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.72148.6
SimpleBench—50%
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.5 (#18), Inkling: 31.2 (#198)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%88.9%
ProofBench58%0%
LMArena Math15111482

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.8 (#4), Inkling: 55.2 (#44)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
GPQA Diamond94.8%88.3%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%40.3%
LMArena Expert15081468

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 36.9 (#69), Inkling: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.8 (#7), Inkling: 54.2 (#49)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
LMArena Non-English14851434
LMArena Chinese15531495
LMArena French15121453
LMArena German14851456
LMArena Japanese15061428
LMArena Korean14861401
LMArena Russian15191430
LMArena Spanish15071442

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 78.0 (#12), Inkling: 75.3 (#65)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
LMArena Instruction Following14861427

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.8 (#28), Inkling: 43.9 (#79)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
LMArena Longer Query14931436

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.4 (#19), Inkling: 65.5 (#48)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling
LMArena Text14871443
LMArena Creative Writing14901390
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231611
LMArena Multi-Turn14951436
EQ-Bench 4—1226

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Inkling?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash or Inkling better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.7 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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