# Gemini 3 Flash vs Inkling

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3 Flash and Inkling across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 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 Flash leads overall 54.28 to 52.6.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 66.1 for Gemini 3 Flash and 87.6 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 51.228% and 33.333%.
- Gemini 3 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Flash | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 54.28 | 52.6 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.50 / $3.00 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Inkling
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 32.4 (Supported · #88/128)
- Inkling public-lane score: 37.2 (Supported · #74/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 49.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.63% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.9% | 47.6% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| 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 |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 37.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Inkling
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 32.1 (Supported · #88/150)
- Inkling public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #82/150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 20.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.6% | 85.5% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 77.6% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 63.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/28)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 80.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | 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: Gemini 3 Flash
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 55.7 (Supported · #55/184)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #63/184)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.9% | 87.1% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.6% | 86.3% | Gemini 3 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: Directional only
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 66.1 (#76/148)
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#36/148)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 51.228% | 33.333% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 17.073% | 4.878% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3 Flash and Inkling?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 66.1 for Gemini 3 Flash and 87.6 for Inkling.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3 Flash currently has 11 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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