# Inkling-Small vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate 64.23 to 54.87. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 55.1 for Inkling-Small and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Toolathlon-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 54.4% and 73.5%.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling-Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 54.87 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.7 (Supported · #73/123)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | 73.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 51.2% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 38.5 (Supported · #66/146)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | 62.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 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: Directional only
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.3% | 90.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77.4% | 84.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 76.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55.3 (Supported · #56/177)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| HLE | 47.8% | 35.9% | Inkling-Small |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | 35.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Inkling-Small
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 93.3 (#9/127)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | 81.3% | Inkling-Small |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 78.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling-Small or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling-Small and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 55.1 for Inkling-Small and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

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

Inkling-Small currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
- [Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next)
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- [Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next)

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