# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Inkling

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Inkling across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-inkling
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 15
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash leads overall 61.7 to 52.13.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 67.5 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 62.807% and 33.333%.
- Inkling is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 61.7 | 52.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #44/124)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 63.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 74.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | 47.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 37.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.4 (Supported · #41/149)
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 63.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 54.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | 85.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | 77.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 4.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 70.9 (#19/29)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#7/54)
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | 82% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | 73.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 65.3 (Supported · #32/181)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 87.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE | 40.2% | 46% | Inkling |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | 87.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | 86.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.4 (#36/128)
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 67.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 62.807% | 33.333% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 26.829% | 4.878% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Inkling?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 67.5 for Inkling.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-cyber)
- [Inkling vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-cyber-vs-inkling)
- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Inkling-Small](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-inkling-small)
- [Inkling vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)

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