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Nemotron 3 Super vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Nemotron 3 Super on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 12.8, and Nemotron 3 Super costs 2.7x less per output token ($0.45 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 33 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.45
0
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
33
vs boards won of 33 shared

Nemotron 3 Super or Inkling Small: which to pick

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

Pick Nemotron 3 Super for output tokens 2.7x cheaper ($0.45 vs $1.20 per million).

Model ANemotron 3 SuperNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
33
Nemotron 3 Super only
6
Inkling Small only
52
Like-for-like categories
7 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
Nemotron 3 Super not benchmarked, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 21.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
AA Agentic Index: Nemotron 3 Super 1.7 against Inkling Small 23.5, 21.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nemotron 3 Super $0.45 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
Context window
Nemotron 3 Super 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
CategoryNemotron 3 SuperBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding04
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
General016
All shared boards033
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDevNot measured1409Only Inkling Small measured
AA Coding Index37.752.9Inkling Small
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
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
SciCode36.2%49.7%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)28.8%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Super measured
WeirdML38.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Super measured
ALE-Bench213.9Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Super measured
LMArena Text: coding14031450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT14091447Inkling Small
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 22 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index12.825.7Inkling 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 Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index1.723.5Inkling 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
τ²-Bench Telecom67.8%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Super measured
MCP AtlasNot measured79.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)80.0%89.5%Inkling Small
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)20.8%33.3%Inkling Small
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 prompts13861423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert13981441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13971429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
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: math13801459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work14051441Inkling Small
MathArena16.6%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Super measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling Small measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured69.6%Only Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science13871428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13831413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government13921415Inkling Small
LMArena Text: business and finance13641413Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index016
General benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
IFBench71.5%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Super measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%75.7%Inkling Small
LMArena Text13781413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following13471399Inkling Small
LMArena Text: creative writing13171334Inkling Small
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English14001421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13561401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese14311464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13411408Inkling Small
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1401Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1367Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: French14031435Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Spanish14181422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian13361394Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Polish13461428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: multi-turn13691416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries13621402Inkling Small
LMArena Text: writing and language13321357Inkling Small
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13361352Inkling Small
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 18 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperInkling 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

Nemotron 3 Super$0.0003Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Super costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Super$0.0056Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Super costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Super$0.021Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Super 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 Nemotron 3 Super and Inkling Small
SpecificationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 SuperThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerNVIDIAThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMarch 11, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.085$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.45$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it04
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Super has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Super for output tokens 2.7x cheaper ($0.45 vs $1.20 per million).

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super or Inkling Small?

Nemotron 3 Super costs $0.085 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Super or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Super vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

33 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nemotron 3 Super's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks 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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