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Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Mistral Large 3 2512 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 9.3, and Inkling Small costs 1.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 12 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
0
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
12
vs boards won of 12 shared

Mistral Large 3 2512 or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large 3 2512 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AMistral Large 3 2512Mistral AINot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$0.77 per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
12
Mistral Large 3 2512 only
16
Inkling Small only
72
Like-for-like categories
6 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
Mistral Large 3 2512 not benchmarked, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 34.7 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI): Mistral Large 3 2512 41.4% against Inkling Small 82.2%, 40.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Mistral Large 3 2512 $1.50 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
Mistral Large 3 2512 takes 262K tokens, Inkling Small 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
CategoryMistral Large 3 2512BarsInkling SmallTies
Coding03
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning01
Knowledge05
General01
All shared boards012
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDevNot measured1409Only Inkling Small measured
AA Coding Index20.152.9Inkling Small
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)55.3%85.9%Inkling Small
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)41.4%82.2%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured13.7%Only Inkling Small measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling Small measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured9.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured55.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SciCodeNot measured49.7%Only Inkling Small measured
ALE-Bench264.7Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
LMArena Text: codingNot measured1450Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: software and ITNot measured1447Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1399Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1398Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.325.7Inkling Small
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.3Only Inkling Small measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index1.023.5Inkling Small
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured41.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Inkling Small measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured25.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured2.9%Only Inkling Small measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.8%Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
GPQA Diamond68.4%83.6%Inkling Small
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)66.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured89.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured33.3%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured88.5%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard promptsNot measured1423Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1441Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in EnglishNot measured1429Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Math benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
AIME42.9%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)85.4%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured90.0%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured46.3%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured17.1%Only Inkling Small measured
ProofBenchNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1459Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1441Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
MMLU Pro79.8%85.6%Inkling Small
LegalBench (Vals AI)79.1%83.0%Inkling Small
CaseLaw (Vals AI)61.4%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)61.0%69.6%Inkling Small
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.1%75.5%Inkling Small
MortgageTax (Vals AI)52.1%62.3%Inkling Small
MedQA (Vals AI)82.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: scienceNot measured1428Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcareNot measured1413Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: legal and governmentNot measured1415Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: business and financeNot measured1413Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
Design Arena: websites1162Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: UI components1102Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: game dev1080Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: data viz1136Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: 3D1100Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1142Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: SVG993Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1069Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
General benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)24.6%32.7%Inkling Small
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured75.7%Only Inkling Small measured
DTBench65.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
LMCA16.7%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
LMArena TextNot measured1413Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: instruction followingNot measured1399Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: creative writingNot measured1334Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: EnglishNot measured1421Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: non-EnglishNot measured1401Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1464Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1408Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1401Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1367Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1435Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1422Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: RussianNot measured1394Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1428Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: multi-turnNot measured1416Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: longer queriesNot measured1402Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: writing and languageNot measured1357Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and mediaNot measured1352Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1292Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1205Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 3 2512Inkling SmallLeader
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

Mistral Large 3 2512$0.0013Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Large 3 2512$0.029Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Large 3 2512$0.115Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Inkling Small 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 Mistral Large 3 2512 and Inkling Small
SpecificationMistral Large 3 2512Thinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerMistral AIThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 1, 2025July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.50$0.45
Output $/Mtok$1.50$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it14
Cost per solved task$0.77$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Large 3 2512 better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large 3 2512 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Inkling Small?

Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.77 and Inkling Small $0.16.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

12 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Large 3 2512's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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