# Inkling 2 Small vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling 2 Small and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Inkling 2 Small leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Inkling 2 Small has the higher overall point estimate 59.06 to 53.51. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 59.9 for Inkling 2 Small and 34.7 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 85% and 48.2%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 59.06 | 53.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.7 (Supported · #87/131)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | 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% | 48.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| JobBench | 70.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #70/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 82.2% | 78.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE Multilingual | 81.2% | 73.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| 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 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 67.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 70.6% | 62% | Inkling 2 Small |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 75.1 (#25/59)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 87.7% | 81.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| 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% | 68.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| PerceptionBench | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 92.8% | 88.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.8 (Supported · #70/178)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93% | 90.4% | Inkling 2 Small |
| GPQA-D | 93.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#50/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62.6 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 95.8% | 87.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Apex | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.246% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling 2 Small or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Inkling 2 Small has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling 2 Small and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 59.9 for Inkling 2 Small and 34.7 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling 2 Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling 2 Small currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)
- [Qwen3.6 Plus vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-small-vs-qwen3-6-plus)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-2-small)
- [Qwen3.6 Plus vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-6-plus)

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