# Inkling 2 Small vs Llama 4 Maverick

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling 2 Small and Llama 4 Maverick across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-llama-4-maverick
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Inkling 2 Small and Llama 4 Maverick.

## Summary

- Inkling 2 Small and Llama 4 Maverick do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 59.06 | 27.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 18.5 (Estimated · #120/131)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 70.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 19.5 (Estimated · #138/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 56.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 93.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 32.6 (Estimated · #143/178)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 50.3 (#100/157)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Inkling 2 Small and Llama 4 Maverick on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)
- [Llama 4 Maverick vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-small-vs-llama-4-maverick)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-2-small)
- [Llama 4 Maverick vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-llama-4-maverick)

## Explore More

- [Inkling 2 Small profile](/models/inkling-2-small)
- [Llama 4 Maverick profile](/models/llama-4-maverick)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)