# Atria Dawn Preview vs Inkling 2 Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Atria Dawn Preview and Inkling 2 Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/atria-dawn-preview-vs-inkling-2-small
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Atria Dawn Preview leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Atria Dawn Preview has the higher overall point estimate 67 to 59.06. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is JobBench in Agentic, with scores of 50.3% and 70.5%.
- Atria Dawn Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling 2 Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 59.06 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 53.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 77.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 96.0% | 90.9% | Atria Dawn Preview |
| BrowseComp | 92.5% | 90.2% | Atria Dawn Preview |
| skillsBench | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 81.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.3% | 85.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| JobBench | 50.3% | 70.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.3% | 85.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.1% | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | Coming soon | 31.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | Coming soon | 36.7% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 68.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Atria Dawn Preview or Inkling 2 Small?

Atria Dawn Preview has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does Atria Dawn Preview cover on BenchLM?

Atria Dawn Preview currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling 2 Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling 2 Small currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Atria Dawn Preview vs Inkling-Small](/compare/atria-dawn-preview-vs-inkling-small)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)
- [Atria Dawn Preview vs Inkling](/compare/atria-dawn-preview-vs-inkling)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-2-small)

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