# Inkling vs Particle-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Particle-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-particle-1
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Inkling and Particle-1 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Particle-1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Particle-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Particle AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 47.91 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.25 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 37 (Supported · #81/135)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| 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 |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 33 (Supported · #90/156)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Particle-1 | 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% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| 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 |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.1 (#11/26)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 68 (#38/58)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Particle-1 | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #76/179)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 90.4% | Particle-1 |
| 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 |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#40/157)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Particle-1 | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Inkling and Particle-1?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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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- [Inkling vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
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- [Particle-1 vs Gemini 4 Carbon](/compare/gemini-4-carbon-vs-particle-1)

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