# Inkling 2 Small vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling 2 Small and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- 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 54.62. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 59.7 for Inkling 2 Small and 46.1 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is JobBench in Agentic, with scores of 70.5% and 33.4%.
- Qwen3.8-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling 2 Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 59.06 | 54.62 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 62.6 (Supported · #20/131)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | 73.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| BrowseComp | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 70.5% | 33.4% | Inkling 2 Small |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #57/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | 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% | 73.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| DeepSWE | 72.1% | 42.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 15.0 fixes | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 79.6 (#7/25)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 82.3 (#17/59)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 87.7% | 90.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 85.6% | 83.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Chartography (no tools) | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 68.6% | 65.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 93.7% | 85.6% | Inkling 2 Small |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 92.8% | 90.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | Coming soon | 89.75% | Coming soon |
| ParseBench | Coming soon | 69.03% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #86/178)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93% | 89.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| GPQA-D | 93.0% | 89.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 86.9 (#44/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling 2 Small or Qwen3.8-27B?

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 Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 59.7 for Inkling 2 Small and 46.1 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### 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 Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Qwen3.8-27B vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-8-27b)

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