# Claude Fable 5.2 vs Inkling-Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5.2 and Inkling-Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-5-2-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Fable 5.2 and Inkling-Small share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 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-Small has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 91.19 | 49.89 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 30 | 28 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $8.00 / $40.00 | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 90.7 (Estimated · #1/132)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.9 (Supported · #83/132)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 67.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 51.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.1 Offline | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WANDR | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Remote Labor Index | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RoboDojo Sim | 64.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DRACO | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 86.9 (Estimated · #1/158)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 37.2 (Supported · #79/158)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 93% | 55.9% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| SWE Multilingual | 96.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 74.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 69.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 49.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 60.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 90.7 (Supported · #1/157)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #70/157)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-3 | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 Provider Adapter | 94.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| STEM Professor Bench | 61.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 8.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 84.00% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (Estimated · #1/67)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 51.6 (Estimated · #51/67)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD 2.1 | 75.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD 2.1 (tools) | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 97.6 (Supported · #1/179)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #76/179)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 74.2% | 47.8% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| HLE w/o tools | 73.2% | 31.6% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| PhysicianBench | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GMMLU | 96.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MILU | 94.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 93.3 (#10/157)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 65 (#5/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 46.316% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 17.073% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Fable 5.2 and Inkling-Small?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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