# dots3-note Preview vs Inkling 2 Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Inkling 2 Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-inkling-2-small
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

dots3-note Preview leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- dots3-note Preview has the higher overall point estimate 64.06 to 59.06. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 74.9 for dots3-note Preview and 86.1 for Inkling 2 Small.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BabyVision in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 50.0% and 68.6%.
- dots3-note 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 | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 64.06 | 59.06 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 59.8 (Estimated · #28/131)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 85.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | 90.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | 90.9% | dots3-note Preview |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 70.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 85.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | 82.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | 81.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | 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
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 74.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.7% | 92.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | 85.6% | Inkling 2 Small |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | 64.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | 68.6% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | Coming soon | 36.7% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 89.1 (#35/157)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Inkling 2 Small?

dots3-note Preview has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Inkling 2 Small?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 74.9 for dots3-note Preview and 86.1 for Inkling 2 Small.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 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

- [dots3-note Preview vs Inkling-Small](/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-inkling-small)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)
- [dots3-note Preview vs Inkling](/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-inkling)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-2-small)

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