Model comparison
Gemma 4 31B IT vs Inkling
Gemma 4 31B IT and Inkling score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.2 vs 44.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 4 categories and Inkling in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.2 to 37.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 10.4% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 40.3% for Inkling.
- Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 66K.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 66K |
| Max output | 33K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.34 | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98), Inkling: 34.1 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1364 | 1412 |
| SciCode | 43.4% | 47% |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1463 |
| ALE-Bench | 925.5 | 946 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: —, Inkling: 29.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119), Inkling: 40.6 (#48)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1452 |
| DTBench | 82.7% | 87.5% |
| LMCA | 39.3% | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.74 | 148.6 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 70.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 53% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 30.6% | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72), Inkling: 31.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1464 | 1482 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141), Inkling: 55.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 10.4% | 40.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1468 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32), Inkling: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1425 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52), Inkling: 54.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1478 | 1495 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1453 |
| LMArena Russian | 1462 | 1430 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1443 | 1442 |
| LMArena German | — | 1456 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1401 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58), Inkling: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1427 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67), Inkling: 43.9 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1436 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92), Inkling: 65.5 (#48)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1390 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1368 | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1120 | 1226 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1436 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Inkling?
Gemma 4 31B IT and Inkling score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.2 vs 44.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Inkling?
Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.
Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Inkling better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Inkling share?
28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.