# Inkling vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Inkling leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Inkling has the higher overall point estimate 52.13 to 48.43. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 36.2 for Inkling and 28.2 for Qwen3.6-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 46% and 24%.
- Qwen3.6-27B 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 | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 52.13 | 48.43 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 40 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #91/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6-27B | 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 |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1487 | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 54.84% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6-27B
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 35.4 (Supported · #76/149)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 77.2% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 53.5% | Inkling |
| 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% | 70.0% | Inkling |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 79 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Tie
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 67.3 (#38/54)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | 75.8% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| CharXiv | 82% | 78.4% | Inkling |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MStar | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 46.9 (Estimated · #88/181)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | 87.8% | Inkling |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | 24% | Inkling |
| 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-Pro | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.4 (#52/128)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 65.9 (#8/12)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 94.1% | Inkling |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | 35.088% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 93.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Qwen3.6-27B?

Inkling has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling and Qwen3.6-27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 36.2 for Inkling and 28.2 for Qwen3.6-27B.

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

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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