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Model comparison

Claude 3 Opus vs Inkling

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 5 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Anthropic
40.99/100
Margin
31.0pts
winning →
Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Claude 3 Opus unranked; Inkling #17

BenchAlign evidence: Claude 3 Opus supported; Inkling not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 3 Opus and Inkling share 5 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Claude 3 Opus; 27 to Inkling.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
5
Claude 3 Opus only
0
Inkling only
27
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 3 Opus and Inkling is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 5 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Claude 3 Opus is priced at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens for Inkling. Inkling has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 3 Opus.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude 3 Opus and Inkling
CategoryClaude 3 OpusΔInkling
AgenticClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling69.4
CodingClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling68.6
KnowledgeClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling51.7
MathClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling97.1
MultimodalClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling76.5
Inst. FollowingClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling79.8

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 3 OpusInklingComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 3 Opus$15 input / $75 outputInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputInkling has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 3 OpusNot availableInklingNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 3 OpusNot availableInklingNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 3 Opus200KInkling1MInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 77.1%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.1%Not comparable
Design Arena Agentic Web DevSource 1258Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 32.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 36.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1239Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 836Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 23.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
AA Coding IndexSource 19.5%52.1%Inkling leads
AA-SciCodeSource 23.3%46.1%Inkling leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 54.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
AA-LCRSource 63.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 5.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.8%40.7%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 48.9%87.2%Inkling leads
AA-HLESource 3.1%29.7%Inkling leads
GPQASource 87.9%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.9%Not comparable
HLESource 46%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 30%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 40.0%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 63.1%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 78.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusInklingResult
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 3 Opus and Inkling on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 3 Opus and Inkling today?

Claude 3 Opus: $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens Inkling: $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 16, 2026

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