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Model comparison

Inkling vs o1-preview

Data verified

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

Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
Margin
23.0pts
← winning
48.98/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Inkling #17; o1-preview unranked

BenchAlign evidence: Inkling not scored; o1-preview supported. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Inkling and o1-preview share 2 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 30 results are unique to Inkling; 0 to o1-preview.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
2
Inkling only
30
o1-preview only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Inkling and o1-preview is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 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.

o1-preview is priced at $15.00 input / $60.00 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 o1-preview.

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 o1-preview
CategoryInklingΔo1-preview
AgenticInkling69.4MarginNo overlapo1-previewNot measured
CodingInkling68.6MarginNo overlapo1-previewNot measured
KnowledgeInkling51.7MarginNo overlapo1-previewNot measured
MathInkling97.1MarginNo overlapo1-previewNot measured
MultimodalInkling76.5MarginNo overlapo1-previewNot measured
Inst. FollowingInkling79.8MarginNo overlapo1-previewNot measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricInklingo1-previewComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputo1-preview$15 input / $60 outputInkling has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondInklingNot availableo1-previewNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenInklingNot availableo1-previewNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensInkling1Mo1-preview200KInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
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
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
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%34.0%Inkling leads
AA-SciCodeSource 46.1%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
AA-LCRSource 63.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 5.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
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%17.0%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.2%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 29.7%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
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
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
BenchmarkInklingo1-previewResult
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Inkling and o1-preview 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 o1-preview today?

Inkling: $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens o1-preview: $15.00 input / $60.00 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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