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Model comparison

Inkling vs Qwen3 Max

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 9 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
Margin
24.0pts
← winning
Alibaba
48.03/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Inkling #17; Qwen3 Max unranked

BenchAlign evidence: Inkling not scored; Qwen3 Max estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Inkling and Qwen3 Max share 9 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 23 results are unique to Inkling; 6 to Qwen3 Max.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
9
Inkling only
23
Qwen3 Max only
6
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Inkling and Qwen3 Max is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 9 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.

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 Qwen3 Max
CategoryInklingΔQwen3 Max
AgenticInkling69.4MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
CodingInkling68.6MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
KnowledgeInkling51.7MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
MathInkling97.1MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
MultimodalInkling76.5MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
Inst. FollowingInkling79.8MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricInklingQwen3 MaxComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondInklingNot availableQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenInklingNot availableQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensInkling1MQwen3 Max1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
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 74.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 43.74%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
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%38.3%Inkling leads
Vibe Code BenchSource 3.51%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 20.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
AA-LCRSource 63.3%46.7%Inkling leads
CritPtSource 5.4%0.0%Inkling leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
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%24.0%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.2%76.4%Inkling leads
AA-HLESource 29.7%11.1%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.1%-43.1%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 40.0%24.4%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 63.1%89.4%Inkling leads
Math
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
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
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1153Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkInklingQwen3 MaxResult
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 44.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Inkling and Qwen3 Max 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 Qwen3 Max 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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