# Agents-A1 vs Inkling

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Agents-A1 and Inkling across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/agents-a1-vs-inkling
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Agents-A1 and Inkling share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Inkling has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Agents-A1 | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InternScience | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.2 | 52.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: 47.7 (Estimated · #46/124)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 75.5% | 77.1% | Inkling |
| HLE w/ tools | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 37.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 4.1% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: 64.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 47.6% | 46% | Agents-A1 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 94.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 33.333% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.878% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Agents-A1 and Inkling?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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