# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Inkling

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Inkling across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-inkling
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads overall 69.25 to 52.6.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 65.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 37.2 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 68.421% and 33.333%.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.25 | 52.6 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 65.9 (Supported · #16/128)
- Inkling public-lane score: 37.2 (Supported · #74/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Finance Agent v2 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | 63.8% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 19.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 59.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 81.3% | 47.6% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 62.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 37.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #17/150)
- Inkling public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #82/150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | 63.8% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.5% | 85.5% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.0% | 77.6% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 19.6% | 4.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 39.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 18.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 74.3 (#17/28)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/28)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 10.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 87.3 (#9/54)
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 86.2% | 78.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LVBench | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (Supported · #13/184)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #63/184)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.4% | 87.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.2% | 86.3% | Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#36/148)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 5.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 68.421% | 33.333% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 21.951% | 4.878% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.8 Flash and Inkling?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 65.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 37.2 for Inkling.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.8 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.8 Flash currently has 31 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 3.8 Flash vs Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-gemini-3-8-flash-cyber)
- [Inkling vs Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-cyber-vs-inkling)
- [Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Inkling-Small](/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-inkling-small)
- [Inkling vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)

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