# Inkling-Small vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling-Small and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 17
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.7 Max 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

- Qwen3.7 Max leads overall 67.08 to 59.25.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 42.7 for Inkling-Small and 75.1 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 82.2% and 68.8%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 59.25 | 67.08 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #128/152)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 41.2 (Supported · #110/152)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 64.7% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | 76.4% | Inkling-Small |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | 61.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 64.27% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 43.8 (Supported · #97/151)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #64/151)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 80.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 64.7% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 53.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | 87.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | 68.8% | Inkling-Small |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#39/48)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 42.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | 8.3% | 13.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 56.5 (Supported · #46/183)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #28/183)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| HLE | 47.8% | 41.4% | Inkling-Small |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.6% | 90.2% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.6% | 89.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.6 (#25/123)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 91.1 (#16/123)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | 79.1% | Inkling-Small |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/12)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 82.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.2% | 97.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling-Small or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling-Small and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 42.7 for Inkling-Small and 75.1 for Qwen3.7 Max.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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