# Grok 4.6 vs Inkling-Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.6 and Inkling-Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-6-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: September 25, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 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

- Grok 4.6 leads overall 69.19 to 55.63.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 67.9 for Grok 4.6 and 35.6 for Inkling-Small.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2 in Reasoning, with scores of 67.1% and 40.1%.
- Inkling-Small is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling-Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 500K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.19 | 55.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #8/105)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.6 (Supported · #53/105)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 26.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 78.3% | 55.1% | Grok 4.6 |
| ApprenticeBench | 13% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/135)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 40.3 (Supported · #55/135)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 27 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.2% | 85.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.6% | 82.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.6 (#16/19)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | 40.1% | Grok 4.6 |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 2.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 8.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#40/50)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #13/158)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #43/158)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.7% | 83.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.4% | 85.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| 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
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.2 (#20/124)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 4.6 or Inkling-Small?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Grok 4.6 and Inkling-Small?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 67.9 for Grok 4.6 and 35.6 for Inkling-Small.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 17 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

- [Grok 4.6 vs Inkling](/compare/grok-4-6-vs-inkling)
- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
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- [Inkling-Small vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-inkling-small)

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