# Inkling vs Qwen3.5 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Qwen3.5 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-5-flash
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Inkling leads overall 54.17 to 45.49.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 78.5 for Inkling and 28.4 for Qwen3.5 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 77.6% and 64.4%.
- Qwen3.5 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 54.17 | 45.49 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.10 / $0.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #51/105)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 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: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.7 (Supported · #66/135)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 26.5 (Estimated · #97/135)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash | 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% | 83.3% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | 64.4% | Inkling |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 75.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 47.6 (#41/50)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash | 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: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 53.5 (Supported · #45/158)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #80/158)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash | 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% | 82.8% | Inkling |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 84.1% | Inkling |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 83.9 (#44/124)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 6.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 0.000% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Qwen3.5 Flash?

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling and Qwen3.5 Flash?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 78.5 for Inkling and 28.4 for Qwen3.5 Flash.

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

Inkling currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5 Flash currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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