# Inkling-Small vs Ripple-65B Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling-Small and Ripple-65B Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-ripple-65b-preview
- Last updated: November 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling-Small if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ripple-65B Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Inkling-Small leads overall 49.5 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 64.7% and 80.5%.
- Ripple-65B Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 49.5 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.1 (Supported · #86/135)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 80.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | 71.7% | Inkling-Small |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 31.3% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 36.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #77/156)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 76.5% | Inkling-Small |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | 61.4% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 80.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 39.4% | Inkling-Small |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | 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: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 67.3 (#41/58)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | 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: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #75/179)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 85.2% | Inkling-Small |
| 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 | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 93.3 (#10/157)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | 79.2% | Inkling-Small |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 69.8 (#5/12)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.5% | 95.0% | Inkling-Small |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.2% | 90.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 46.316% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 17.073% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 98.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling-Small or Ripple-65B Preview?

Inkling-Small is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

Inkling-Small currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ripple-65B Preview cover on BenchLM?

Ripple-65B Preview currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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