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Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Inkling 2 Small vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Updated November 7, 2026. We do not rank this pair: at least one has no public score. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.
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Decision reading
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. 1 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Model A
Thinking Machines Lab
59.06/100
Estimated · Public rank #56
Conditional range 44.7–73.4
- Shared results
- 1
- Inkling 2 Small only
- 24
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B only
- 18
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
Estimated: Inkling 2 Small. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works
Which one for your work
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Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.
Confidence: limitedAgentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.
Confidence: limitedChat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-ratesCache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B does not fit this workload in one request. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B has no comparable published API token rate.
Confidence: listed-ratesRepository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Which one for a specific job
Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.
The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.
59.7Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Not comparable · BenchAlign v5.8
The coding row is not comparable on the public lane: at least one model is not measured or not ranked there.
Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.
Same basis rules as the category table below
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
24 Inkling 2 Small only
1 Shared
18 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B only
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
LongBench v2Reasoning
Normalized gap 21.9Inkling 2 Small:70.6%Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B:48.7%
Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
Agentic
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- 59.9
- Supported · #26/131
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- Not ranked
- Basis
- BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 5 vs 5 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Coding
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- 59.7
- Supported · #20/157
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- Not ranked
- Basis
- BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- 86.1
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- 22.6
- Unranked · 1 rankable row
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- 86.6
- #12/59
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- 60.4
- Estimated · #46/178
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- Not ranked
- Basis
- BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- Not ranked
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- Not ranked
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- 0.0
- #156/157
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Inkling 2 Small
- 85.9
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Inkling 2 Small | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 59.9Supported · #26/131 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 5 vs 5 public rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 59.7Supported · #20/157 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 0 public rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 86.1Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 22.6Unranked · 1 rankable row | Not comparableProvisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 86.6#12/59 | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | 60.4Estimated · #46/178 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not ranked | 0.0#156/157 | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 85.9Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Inkling 2 Small
- $0.0008
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Inkling 2 Small
- $0.018
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Inkling 2 Small
- $0.022
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
- API rate not published
- Does not fit in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B does not fit this workload in one request. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B has no comparable published API token rate.
Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationInkling 2 SmallNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Inkling 2 Small
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
API model ID
Inkling 2 Small
Not sourced
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Inkling 2 Small
$0.03 per 1M cached input tokens
Tinker models and pricingNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
No comparable hosted API rate
NVIDIA Hugging Face model cardDocumented inputs
Inkling 2 Small
Not sourced
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Documented outputs
Inkling 2 Small
Not sourced
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Provider availability
Inkling 2 Small
Not sourced
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Open Weights · Hugging Face, Ollama, LM Studio, self-hosted inference
NVIDIA 4GB model cardReasoning profile
Inkling 2 Small
Hybrid
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Reasoning
Weight access
Inkling 2 Small
Proprietary
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Open Weight
License
Inkling 2 Small
Proprietary
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
Open Weight
Release date
Inkling 2 Small
2026-11-05
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
2026-10-23
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Inkling 2 Small has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Questions
Which is better, Inkling 2 Small or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B?
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
Which is better for coding, Inkling 2 Small or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B?
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Inkling 2 Small or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B?
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.
Which costs less, Inkling 2 Small or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Inkling 2 Small or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B?
Inkling 2 Small has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 64K.
Self-host vs API cost
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
Inkling 2 Small
API / mo$975
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$298
Break-even—
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence43 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Inkling 2 Small85.1%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Inkling 2 Small90.2%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
DeepSearchQA
Inkling 2 Small90.9%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Inkling 2 Small85%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
JobBench
Inkling 2 Small70.5%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
BFCL v3
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B67.3%SourceNot directly comparable
When2Call Multi-Turn
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B60.50%SourceNot directly comparable
ToolSandbox
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B74.13%SourceNot directly comparable
τ²-bench results
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B52.3%SourceNot directly comparable
RelyToolBench
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B69.29%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Inkling 2 Small82.2%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Inkling 2 Small81.2%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
sweMarathon
Inkling 2 Small38.8%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Inkling 2 Small85.1%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
DeepSWE
Inkling 2 Small72.1%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
PostTrainBench v1.2
Inkling 2 Small31.9%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
Reasoning
Multimodal
CharXiv
Inkling 2 Small87.7%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Inkling 2 Small85.6%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
Chartography (no tools)
Inkling 2 Small36.7%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
Chartography (tools)
Inkling 2 Small80.4%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
BabyVision
Inkling 2 Small68.6%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
BabyVision w/ Python
Inkling 2 Small93.7%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Inkling 2 Small83.8%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
PerceptionBench
Inkling 2 Small64.7%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
MathVision
Inkling 2 Small92.8%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
Knowledge
GPQA
Inkling 2 Small93%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
GPQA-D
Inkling 2 Small93.0%SourceNemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B—Not directly comparable
GaRAGe
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B40.73%SourceNot directly comparable
RAGTruth (provider reports)
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B77.88%SourceNot directly comparable
Instruction following
MultiChallenge (provider reports)
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B55.60%SourceNot directly comparable
Brevity Benchmark
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B82.84%SourceNot directly comparable
RoleBench
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B71.21%SourceNot directly comparable
RoleMRC
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B79.12%SourceNot directly comparable
IHEval
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B82.40%SourceNot directly comparable
AgentIF
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B22.95%SourceNot directly comparable
InverseIFEval
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B45.26%SourceNot directly comparable
StructEval-T
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B79.99%SourceNot directly comparable
SysBench
Inkling 2 Small—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B67.22%SourceNot directly comparable
Math
43 public results · 1 shared
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Last updated November 7, 2026