# Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-inkling
- 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 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 54.17.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 47.6 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 77.5% and 47.6%.
- Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 67.66 | 54.17 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 58.6 (Supported · #20/105)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #51/105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 63.8% | 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% | 47.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (Supported · #17/135)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.7 (Supported · #66/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 63.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 20.3% | 4.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.7% | 85.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.8% | 77.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 75.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

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

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.6 (#10/50)
- Inkling public-lane score: 47.6 (#41/50)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.5% | 78.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CharXiv | 88.7% | 82% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LVBench | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 71.1 (Supported · #10/158)
- Inkling public-lane score: 53.5 (Supported · #45/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling | 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% | 87.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.1% | 86.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 46% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 83.9 (#44/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Gemini 3.7 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 47.6 for Inkling.

### 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 cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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