Qwen3.5-Flash vs Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small leads Qwen3.5-Flash on coding, 48.9 to 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.5-Flash costs 3.8x less per output token ($0.26 vs $1.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 21 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen3.5-Flash or Inkling 2 Small: which to pick
Pick Inkling 2 Small for coding: it scores 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 41.1 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
Pick Qwen3.5-Flash for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.26 vs $1.00 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: science or LMArena Text: Russian, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 21
- Qwen3.5-Flash only
- 34
- Inkling 2 Small only
- 30
- Like-for-like categories
- 4 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small scores 48.9 against 41.1.
2 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a AA Intelligence Index result, 30.6.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 82.8%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a AIME result, 92.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a MMLU Pro result, 84.1%.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a Vals Index result, 56.1%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash $0.0002, Inkling 2 Small $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has the number, $0.40.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3.5-Flash 41.1 from 2 benchmarks, Inkling 2 Small 48.9 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 36.6 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: React: Qwen3.5-Flash 1228 against Inkling 2 Small 1660, 62.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 against Inkling 2 Small $1.00 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3.5-Flash takes 1M tokens, Inkling 2 Small 1.05M.
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.
| Category | Qwen3.5-Flash | Bars | Inkling 2 Small | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 1 | ||
| General | 1 | 10 | ||
| All shared boards | 2 | 19 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1243 | 1647 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 64.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.6% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.5% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.1% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 52.3% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 13.1% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | Not measured | 25.4% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ALE-Bench | 265.9 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1412 | 1455 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1416 | 1443 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1228 | 1660 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1291 | 1661 | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | Not measured | 97.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 30.6 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.8 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.9% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.9% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.6% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.0% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.9% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 32.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 46.8% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| MCP Atlas | Not measured | 85.4% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 82.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.2% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 44.1% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 28.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.0% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 82.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 96.5% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 81.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 20.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1404 | 1421 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1408 | 1478 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1409 | 1424 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 92.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 18.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1407 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1413 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MathArena | Not measured | 42.4% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 84.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 63.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 33.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| AA-Omniscience | Not measured | 16.1 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1414 | 1409 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1408 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1398 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1395 | 1415 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 56.1% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 84.9% | 88.6% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 70.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 83.3% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GDPval-AA | Not measured | 1630 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| DTBench | 82.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMCA | 29.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1403 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1375 | 1408 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1343 | 1348 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: English | 1404 | 1418 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1385 | 1390 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1447 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1390 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1368 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1345 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1413 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1400 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1380 | 1377 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1377 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1393 | 1408 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1392 | 1403 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1369 | 1381 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1348 | 1359 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-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.
| Specification | Qwen3.5-Flash | Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Thinking Machines |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | February 25, 2026 | November 9, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.065 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.26 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | 41.1 | 48.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.40 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3.5-Flash better than Inkling 2 Small for coding?
Pick Inkling 2 Small for coding: it scores 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 41.1 for Qwen3.5-Flash. Pick Qwen3.5-Flash for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.26 vs $1.00 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: science or LMArena Text: Russian, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-Flash or Inkling 2 Small?
Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Inkling 2 Small costs $0.30 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.5-Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-Flash or Inkling 2 Small?
Inkling 2 Small, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen3.5-Flash vs Inkling 2 Small comparison based on?
21 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Qwen3.5-Flash's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Inkling 2 Small's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.