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How smart is Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is a model from Thinking Machines, released on Jul 15, 2026. Its SI-IQ is 118 (90% interval 115–122), estimated from 8 benchmark results by 2 evaluators.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · method 1.0.0
Facts
- Developer
- Thinking Machines
- Released
- Jul 15, 2026
- Access
- Open weights (restricted licence)
- Benchmarks used
- 8 benchmark results from 2 evaluators
Ability by area (SI-IQ, 90% interval)
Every benchmark result we used
Each score is one value exactly as the source published it: for Epoch AI the best of its run settings, for OpenRouter the median hosting provider (the developer's own hosting when it ran the test). “Implied SI-IQ” is the ability that this single result points to; the overall SI-IQ is their precision-weighted average.
| Benchmark | Score | Evaluated by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6.0% | Epoch AI | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub · data file |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | Epoch AI | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub · data file |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | 46.3% | Epoch AI | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub · data file |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 | 90.0% | Epoch AI | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub · data file |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | Epoch AI | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub · data file |
| GPQA Diamond (OpenRouter run) | 87.0% | OpenRouter | OpenRouter benchmark datasets · data file |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | Epoch AI | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub · data file |
| τ²-bench Airline (OpenRouter run) | 60.8% | OpenRouter | OpenRouter benchmark datasets · data file |
Human preference (Arena)
On the Arena leaderboard, where people vote between two anonymous answers, Inkling-Small has a rating of 1,404 (1,399–1,409) from 32,304 votes (published Oct 15, 2026). Human preference is a different measure from benchmark ability and is not part of SI-IQ. Arena (Hugging Face)
Models with similar SI-IQ
| Model | SI-IQ | |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | 118 | Inkling-Small vs GPT-5.4 Nano |
| Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot | 118 | Inkling-Small vs Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Kimi K2.5Moonshot | 119 | Inkling-Small vs Kimi K2.5 |
| GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI | 117 | Inkling-Small vs GPT-5.4 Mini |
| DeepSeek-V4-ProDeepSeek | 117 | Inkling-Small vs DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
Computed with SI-IQ method version 1.0.0. Read the full methodology
Data sources: Arena leaderboard dataset on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0); Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’ (CC BY 4.0); Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0: reuse and republish with attribution to OpenRouter (licences and changes).