Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling-Small

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index. Inkling-Small costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Inkling-Small in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 38.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 58% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 6% for Inkling-Small.
  • Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.
  • Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index59.846.5
Released2026-08-132026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M524K
Max output66K1.05M
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.45
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.20
Results tracked4433

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena WebDev15921409
SciCode59.8%48.7%
LMArena Coding14971451
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Inkling-Small: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
ARC-AGI-284.6%40.1%
ARC-AGI-195.5%84%
CritPt14.3%8.3%
Chess Puzzles47%18%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941423
Mystery Game Puzzles37%6%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27150.15
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%90%
ProofBench58%6%
LMArena Math15071459

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
GPQA Diamond94.8%88.5%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%19.1%
LMArena Expert15081442

Multimodal Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Vision13161235
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English14841402
LMArena Chinese15481465
LMArena French15051436
LMArena German14981405
LMArena Japanese15121405
LMArena Korean14831363
LMArena Russian15161391
LMArena Spanish15031428

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following14831399

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query14921401

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInkling-Small
LMArena Text14861414
LMArena Creative Writing14901331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231491
LMArena Multi-Turn14891418

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Inkling-Small?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index. Inkling-Small costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling-Small share?

33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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