# Inkling vs Ripple-65B Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Ripple-65B Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-ripple-65b-preview
- Last updated: November 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ripple-65B Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Inkling leads overall 47.91 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 63.8% and 80.5%.
- Ripple-65B Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 47.91 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 37 (Supported · #81/135)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | 80.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 71.7% | 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 | 31.3% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 36.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 33 (Supported · #90/156)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 76.5% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 61.4% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | 80.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| 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 | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 39.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.1 (#11/26)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.9 (#38/58)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview | 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: 50.6 (Supported · #76/179)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 85.2% | Inkling |
| 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 | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#40/157)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | 79.2% | Inkling |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 95.0% | Inkling |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 98.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Ripple-65B Preview?

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ripple-65B Preview cover on BenchLM?

Ripple-65B Preview currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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