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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Inkling

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 5 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

42.42/100
Margin
29.6pts
winning →
Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B unranked; Inkling #17

BenchAlign evidence: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B estimated; Inkling not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Inkling share 5 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B; 27 to Inkling.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B only
1
Inkling only
27
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Inkling is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 5 shared benchmark results across 3 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.

Inkling is priced at $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B. Inkling has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B.

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 DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Inkling
CategoryDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BΔInkling
AgenticDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling69.4
CodingDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling68.6
KnowledgeDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling51.7
MathDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling97.1
MultimodalDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling76.5
Inst. FollowingDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapInkling79.8

Operational comparison

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

MetricDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B$0 input / $0 outputInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B60 tok/sInklingNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B0.84 sInklingNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B128KInkling1MInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
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
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
AA-SciCodeSource 37.6%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
AA Coding IndexSource 52.1%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
AA-LCRSource 9.7%63.3%Inkling leads
CritPtSource 5.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.0%40.7%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 61.5%87.2%Inkling leads
AA-HLESource 5.5%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
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
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
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BInklingResult
AA-IFBenchSource 22.9%Not comparable
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B 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 DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Inkling today?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B: $0.00 input / $0.00 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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