# Inkling-Small vs Particle-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling-Small and Particle-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-particle-1
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Inkling-Small and Particle-1 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Particle-1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Particle-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Particle AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 49.5 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | $0.25 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.1 (Supported · #86/135)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #77/156)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

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

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 67.3 (#41/58)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #75/179)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 90.4% | Particle-1 |
| HLE | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 93.3 (#10/157)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 69.8 (#5/12)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

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

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Inkling-Small and Particle-1?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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

- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
- [Particle-1 vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-particle-1)
- [Inkling-Small vs Gemini 4 Carbon](/compare/gemini-4-carbon-vs-inkling-small)
- [Particle-1 vs Gemini 4 Carbon](/compare/gemini-4-carbon-vs-particle-1)

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