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Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling

Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Inkling on coding, 58.0 to 31.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($3.75 vs $4.05 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 93 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.7 Flash Replace Inkling
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
Coding
58.0
Overall
65.7
Output $/M
$3.75
87
T InklingThinking Machines
Coding
31.5
Overall
46.5
Output $/M
$4.05
5
vs boards won of 93 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling: which to pick

Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding: it scores 58.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling.

Pick Inkling for a lower cost per solved task ($0.76 against $1.78) and work measured by CyberBench (Vals AI) or ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.7 FlashGoogle58.0/1006 independent benchmarks$1.78 per solved taskModel BInklingThinking Machines31.5/1006 independent benchmarks$0.76 per solved task
Shared results
93
Gemini 3.7 Flash only
22
Inkling only
13
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0 from 6 benchmarks, Inkling 31.5 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 24.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ProofBench: Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0% against Inkling 0.0%, 58.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.7 Flash $3.75 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.7 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling 524K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.7 FlashBarsInklingTies
Coding1821 tie
Intelligence20
Agentic work100
Reasoning120
Math60
Knowledge91
Web design90
General212
All shared boards8751 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index182
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
LiveBench coding80.5%64.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev15911414Gemini 3.7 Flash
AA Coding Index71.552.1Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.7%85.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)80.8%77.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)12.1%0.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)70.4%19.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)34.8%11.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)67.8%14.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)77.5%47.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured7.3%Only Inkling measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)65.9%26.1%Gemini 3.7 Flash
CyberBench (Vals AI)43.8%66.8%Inkling
SciCode59.8%47.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierCode43.6%14.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierSWE20.3%4.1%Gemini 3.7 Flash
WeirdMLNot measured32.3%Only Inkling measured
ALE-Bench904.3946.0Inkling
LMArena Text: coding14991466Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14981465Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React15871404Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15931399Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image1599Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
SciCode13.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
SWE-Bench Pro V2Not measured89.9%Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
AA Intelligence Index39.625.0Gemini 3.7 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index158.0148.4Gemini 3.7 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured22.5Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps12231196Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1208Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1230Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1242Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1264Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building games1235Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1094Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LiveBench research76.5%59.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveBench browser56.0%16.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveBench long agentic28.3%14.1%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SREBench (Vals AI)4.6%0.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Finance Agent (Vals AI)59.0%46.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)22.8%15.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)34.6%28.4%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured3.8%Only Inkling measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)71.3%38.4%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)7.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
APEX-Agents67.8%33.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Remote Labor Index5.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
MCP AtlasNot measured76.0%Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index120
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
GPQA Diamond93.9%87.1%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveBench reasoning87.8%78.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)89.0%78.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)94.5%87.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)47.9%31.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.8%88.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ARC-AGI95.5%79.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ARC-AGI-284.6%36.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SimpleBenchNot measured50.0%Only Inkling measured
Chess puzzles66.0%21.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Mystery game puzzles37.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14951451Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: expert15121466Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14871448Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams1329Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: homework1320Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run)Not measured11.2%Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
OTIS Mock AIME97.2%88.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 371.6%33.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierMath, tier 436.6%4.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ProofBench58.0%0.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: math15111479Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work15021460Gemini 3.7 Flash
MathArena25.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index91
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
MMLU Pro90.1%86.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LegalBench (Vals AI)87.3%83.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.6%Only Inkling measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.7%75.3%Inkling
MortgageTax (Vals AI)66.7%64.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
MedCode (Vals AI)53.4%41.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SimpleQA Verified69.2%40.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: science15111455Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14941447Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14961448Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14791438Gemini 3.7 Flash
FACTS Benchmark Suite71.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
Design Arena: websites13031224Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: UI components12951199Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: game dev13171165Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: data viz13151157Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: 3D13061160Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories13071205Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: SVG12841108Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: ASCII art12781089Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveBench design73.2%58.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index212
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
Vals IndexNot measured29.0%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench data analysis68.0%72.8%Inkling
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured58.5%Only Inkling measured
SAGE (Vals AI)49.2%36.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
MedScribe (Vals AI)83.9%85.4%Inkling
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured49.4%Only Inkling measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)83.0%77.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
DTBench96.8%87.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMCA50.4%37.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Furniture assembly26.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Text14891442Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14841425Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14881390Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1314Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Text: English14831442Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14871434Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15521493Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: German15061445Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese15111429Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean14811403Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: French15001455Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14951449Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian15151430Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish15031450Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14851437Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14921435Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14911404Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14771394Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: English1309Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1394Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1322Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: humor1299Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1312Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
EQ-Bench 4Not measured1226Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashInklingLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
Inkling$0.0030Fits in one request

Gemini 3.7 Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
Inkling$0.062Fits in one request

Gemini 3.7 Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.188Fits in one request
Inkling$0.240Fits in one request

Gemini 3.7 Flash costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 3.7 Flash and Inkling
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.7 FlashThinking Machines Inkling
MakerGoogleThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 13, 2026July 17, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$0.75$1.00
Output $/Mtok$3.75$4.05
Coding index58.031.5
Independent measurements behind it66
Cost per solved task$1.78$0.76
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Inkling for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding: it scores 58.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling. Pick Inkling for a lower cost per solved task ($0.76 against $1.78) and work measured by CyberBench (Vals AI) or ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $1.00 and $4.05. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $1.78 and Inkling $0.76.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Inkling?

Gemini 3.7 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Inkling comparison based on?

93 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.7 Flash's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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