# Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Inkling

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 2.5 Pro and Inkling across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-inkling
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 2.5 Pro only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Inkling leads overall 52.13 to 48.9.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 57.8 for Gemini 2.5 Pro and 87.6 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 18.8% and 46%.
- Inkling is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 48.9 | 52.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $10.00 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 25.2 (Estimated · #98/124)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 42.01% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.1% | 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: Inkling
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 22.7 (Supported · #114/149)
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 63.8% | 77.6% | Inkling |
| Vibe Code Bench | 0.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 54.4% | 77.6% | Inkling |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 73.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 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: Inkling
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 45.6 (Supported · #94/181)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83% | 87.9% | Inkling |
| HLE | 18.8% | 46% | Inkling |
| 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: Directional only
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 57.8 (#77/128)
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 36.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 24.561% | 33.333% | Inkling |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | 4.878% | Inkling |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Inkling?

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 2.5 Pro and Inkling?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 57.8 for Gemini 2.5 Pro and 87.6 for Inkling.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 2.5 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 2.5 Pro currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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