# Grok 2 mini vs Inkling-Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 2 mini and Inkling-Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 2 mini and Inkling-Small share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Inkling-Small has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | Unknown | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 53.37 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 28 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.8 (Supported · #74/124)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 64.7% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 38.1 (Supported · #69/149)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 8.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 84.00% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 67.5 (#36/54)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55 (Supported · #58/181)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 51% | 89.5% | Inkling-Small |
| MMLU | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | Coming soon | 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 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 93.3 (#9/128)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 69.8 (#5/12)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 46.316% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 17.073% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 2 mini and Inkling-Small?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Grok 2 mini vs Grok 2](/compare/grok-2-vs-grok-2-mini)
- [Inkling-Small vs Grok 2](/compare/grok-2-vs-inkling-small)
- [Grok 2 mini vs Inkling](/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-inkling)
- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)

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- [Grok 2 mini profile](/models/grok-2-mini)
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