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Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs Qwen3 235B 2507

Updated July 30, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

Inkling-Small

Thinking Machines Lab

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

Qwen3 235B 2507

Alibaba

55.2/100

Estimated · Public rank #85

90% interval 43.7–66.7

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 based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Inkling-Small

    Inkling-Small has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented

Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Chat 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-rates

  • Cache-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. Qwen3 235B 2507 does not fit this workload in one request. Qwen3 235B 2507 has no comparable published API token rate.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Repository 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

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shared results
1
Inkling-Small only
19
Qwen3 235B 2507 only
3
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Knowledge

Directional only
Inkling-Small
53.4
Qwen3 235B 2507
78.9
Weighted basis
2 vs 3 rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
70.1
Qwen3 235B 2507
Not measured
Weighted basis
2 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
62.4
Qwen3 235B 2507
Not measured
Weighted basis
3 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
40.1
Qwen3 235B 2507
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
92.9
Qwen3 235B 2507
Not measured
Weighted basis
2 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
Not measured
Qwen3 235B 2507
79.4
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
76.6
Qwen3 235B 2507
Not measured
Weighted basis
2 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Inkling-Small
82.2
Qwen3 235B 2507
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

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.

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-Small
$0.0013
Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B 2507
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B 2507 has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Inkling-Small
$0.03332
Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B 2507
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B 2507 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Inkling-Small
$0.0492
Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B 2507
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Does not fit in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Qwen3 235B 2507 does not fit this workload in one request. Qwen3 235B 2507 has no comparable published API token rate.

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Inkling-Small

1M

Qwen3 235B 2507

128K

API model ID

Inkling-Small

Not sourced

Qwen3 235B 2507

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Inkling-Small

$0.116 per 1M cached input tokens

Qwen3 235B 2507

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Inkling-Small

Not sourced

Qwen3 235B 2507

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Inkling-Small

Not sourced

Qwen3 235B 2507

Not sourced

Provider availability

Inkling-Small

Not sourced

Qwen3 235B 2507

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Inkling-Small

Hybrid

Qwen3 235B 2507

Non-Reasoning

Weight access

Inkling-Small

Open Weight

Qwen3 235B 2507

Open Weight

License

Inkling-Small

Open Weight

Qwen3 235B 2507

Open Weight

Release date

Inkling-Small

2026-07-30

Qwen3 235B 2507

2025-07-01

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-Small has the larger documented window (1M).

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence23 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Inkling-Small64.7%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    Inkling-Small77.4%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Inkling-Small79.6%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon-Verified

    Inkling-Small54.4%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Inkling-Small80.2%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Inkling-Small55.9%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Inkling-Small64.7%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • SciCode

    Inkling-Small48.7%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • ARC-AGI-2

    Inkling-Small40.1%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • CritPt

    Inkling-Small8.3%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Inkling-Small89.5%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 250777.5%
    Source

    Inkling-Small leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    Inkling-Small89.5%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Inkling-Small47.8%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Inkling-Small31.6%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • SuperGPQA

    Inkling-Small
    Qwen3 235B 250762.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    Inkling-Small
    Qwen3 235B 250783%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME26

    Inkling-Small95.5%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Inkling-Small90.2%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Inkling-Small
    Qwen3 235B 250779.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    Inkling-Small74%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Inkling-Small81.3%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv w/o tools

    Inkling-Small77.4%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Inkling-Small82.2%
    Source
    Qwen3 235B 2507

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Inkling-Small or Qwen3 235B 2507?

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-Small or Qwen3 235B 2507?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Inkling-Small or Qwen3 235B 2507?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.

Which costs less, Inkling-Small or Qwen3 235B 2507?

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-Small or Qwen3 235B 2507?

Inkling-Small has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 128K.

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Last updated July 30, 2026

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