# Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling-Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling-Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling-Small only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.7 Flash leads overall 67.66 to 55.63.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 48.8 for Inkling-Small.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2 in Reasoning, with scores of 84.6% and 40.1%.
- Inkling-Small is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 67.66 | 55.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 58.6 (Supported · #20/105)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.6 (Supported · #53/105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 64.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 47.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 77.5% | 55.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (Supported · #17/135)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 40.3 (Supported · #55/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 64.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.7% | 85.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.8% | 82.2% | Inkling-Small |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 95.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | 40.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 8.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.6 (#10/50)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#40/50)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.5% | 77.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CharXiv | 88.7% | 81.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LVBench | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 71.1 (Supported · #10/158)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #43/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.9% | 83.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.1% | 85.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 47.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.2 (#20/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling-Small?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling-Small?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 48.8 for Inkling-Small.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.7 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.7 Flash currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

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

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling](/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-inkling)
- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
- [Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-gpt-6-astra)
- [Inkling-Small vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-inkling-small)

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