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Qwen3 32B vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Qwen3 32B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 7.3, and Qwen3 32B costs 3.0x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 31 benchmarks have a result for both.

Qwen3 32BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
40.8
Output $/M
$0.40
0
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
31
vs boards won of 31 shared

Qwen3 32B or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 32B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 32B for output tokens 3.0x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.20 per million).

Shared results
31
Qwen3 32B only
14
Inkling Small only
53
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
Qwen3 32B not benchmarked, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Reasoning, 18.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Qwen3 32B 0.0% against Inkling Small 75.7%, 75.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3 32B $0.40 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.0x apart.
Context window
Qwen3 32B takes 131K 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
CategoryQwen3 32BBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding03
Intelligence02
Reasoning06
Math03
Knowledge04
General013
All shared boards031
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling SmallLeader
Aider polyglot40.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1409Only Inkling Small measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.9Only Inkling Small measured
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
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)54.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
SciCode36.0%49.7%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)3.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
LMArena Text: coding13571450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT13661447Inkling 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 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.325.7Inkling Small
Epoch Capabilities Index138.4150.3Inkling Small
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured23.5Only Inkling Small measured
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 Telecom29.8%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)48.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
BrowseComp-Plus10.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)66.8%89.5%Inkling Small
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)7.4%33.3%Inkling Small
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)65.7%88.5%Inkling Small
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 prompts13341423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert13621441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13501429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling SmallLeader
AA Math Index73.0Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)73.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
OTIS Mock AIME66.9%90.0%Inkling Small
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: math13991459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work14201441Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling 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
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)79.8%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science13721428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13681413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government13241415Inkling Small
LMArena Text: business and finance13181413Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index013
General benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling 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
IFBench36.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)0.0%75.7%Inkling Small
DTBench67.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
LMCA17.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
Fiction.LiveBench74.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 32B measured
LMArena Text13401413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following13051399Inkling Small
LMArena Text: creative writing12971334Inkling Small
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English13591421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13171401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese13571464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13411408Inkling Small
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: Russian13111394Inkling Small
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1428Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn13311416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries13271402Inkling Small
LMArena Text: writing and language12981357Inkling Small
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12791352Inkling 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 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 32BInkling 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

Qwen3 32B$0.0003Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 32B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3 32B$0.0082Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Qwen3 32B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3 32B$0.032Exceeds the context window
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Qwen3 32B 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 Qwen3 32B and Inkling Small
SpecificationQwen3 32BThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerQwenThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 28, 2025July 30, 2026
Context window131K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.14$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.40$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it04
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3 32B better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 32B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 32B for output tokens 3.0x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.20 per million).

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 32B or Inkling Small?

Qwen3 32B costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.40 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, Qwen3 32B or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 32B vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

31 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 32B'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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