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Model comparison

Inkling vs LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 10 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
Margin
72.0pts
← winning
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Inkling #17; LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract unranked

Evidence parity. Inkling and LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract share 10 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 22 results are unique to Inkling; 6 to LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
10
Inkling only
22
LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract only
6
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Inkling and LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 10 shared benchmark results across 4 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 has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract.

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 Inkling and LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract
CategoryInklingΔLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract
AgenticInkling69.4MarginNo overlapLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot measured
CodingInkling68.6MarginNo overlapLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot measured
KnowledgeInkling51.7MarginNo overlapLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot measured
MathInkling97.1MarginNo overlapLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot measured
MultimodalInkling76.5MarginNo overlapLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot measured
Inst. FollowingInkling79.8MarginNo overlapLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondInklingNot availableLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenInklingNot availableLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensInkling1MLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract128KInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
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
τ²-bench resultsSource 8.5%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
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
AA-SciCodeSource 46.1%3.0%Inkling leads
Terminal-Bench HardSource 0.0%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
AA-LCRSource 63.3%0.0%Inkling leads
CritPtSource 5.4%0.0%Inkling leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
GPQASource 87.9%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.9%Not comparable
HLESource 46%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 30%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 40.7%1.0%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.2%28.9%Inkling leads
AA-HLESource 29.7%5.1%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.1%-83.9%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 40.0%5.2%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 63.1%94.0%Inkling leads
Math
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 78.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 73.5%26.5%Inkling leads
Liquid Extract JSON ValiditySource 99.6%Not comparable
Liquid Extract F1Source 99.6%Not comparable
Liquid Extract VLM JudgeSource 90.6%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkInklingLFM2.5-VL-1.6B-ExtractResult
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 33.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Inkling and LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract 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 Inkling and LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-Extract today?

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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