# Inkling vs Qwen3 Max

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-max
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Inkling and Qwen3 Max.

## Summary

- Inkling and Qwen3 Max do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Qwen3 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 62.78 | 43.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #119/151)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3 Max | 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 |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 43.74% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 41.4 (Supported · #132/183)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Estimated · #107/183)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3 Max | 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 |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 3.51% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 49 (#38/48)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3 Max | 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: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 55.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.4 (Supported · #45/181)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 43.8 (Estimated · #123/181)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3 Max | 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 (#43/120)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 51.7 (#78/120)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Inkling and Qwen3 Max on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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## Explore More

- [Inkling profile](/models/inkling)
- [Qwen3 Max profile](/models/qwen3-max)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)