# Inkling vs Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-kanana-2-1-3b-instruct
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Inkling and Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct has the lower published output-token price.
- Inkling has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Kakao |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 32K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 60.28 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 38.3 (Supported · #122/152)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 41.1 (Supported · #111/151)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 49.2 (#38/48)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 74.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #43/183)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 85.2 (#44/123)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | 34.7% | Inkling |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Inkling and Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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.

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