Model comparison
Inkling vs Qwen1.5-110B
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling leads 65.5 to 38.1.
Side by side
| Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 33.6 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2024-04-25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 66K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.87 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.68 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling leads
Inkling: 34.1 (#229), Qwen1.5-110B: 32.4 (#260)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1463 | 1184 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1412 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 35% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 44.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Inkling: 29.5 (#76), Qwen1.5-110B: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Inkling: 40.6 (#48), Qwen1.5-110B: 21.7 (#192)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1168 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.6 | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.7 |
Math Too close to call
Inkling: 31.2 (#198), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.1 (#199)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1482 | 1185 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Inkling: 55.2 (#44), Qwen1.5-110B: 30.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1468 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Inkling: 54.2 (#49), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.8 (#245)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1206 |
| LMArena French | 1453 | 1150 |
| LMArena German | 1456 | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 1430 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | 1141 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Inkling: 75.3 (#65), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.6 (#247)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1427 | 1158 |
Long Context Inkling leads
Inkling: 43.9 (#79), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.0 (#237)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1436 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Inkling: 65.5 (#48), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.1 (#250)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1390 | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1160 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling better than Qwen1.5-110B?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Inkling or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?
Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling and Qwen1.5-110B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.