# Inkling vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-a9b-bf16
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 leads overall 60 to 52.59.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 79 for Inkling and 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 74.1% and 55.6%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.59 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 37.2 (Supported · #74/128)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | 53.9% | Inkling |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | 70% | Inkling |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 55.6% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 17.0% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena | Coming soon | 50.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #82/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/28)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #63/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 88.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | 28.7% | Inkling |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#36/148)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 79 for Inkling and 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16.

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

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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