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Qwen3.5-Flash vs Inkling Small

Updated October 21, 2026. 48 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Qwen3.5-Flash Replace Inkling Small
Qwen3.5-FlashQwen
Coding
6.2
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.26
7
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
29.9
Overall
25.7
Output $/M
$1.20
41
vs boards won of 48 shared

Decision reading

Pick Inkling Small for coding: it scores 29.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 6.2 for Qwen3.5-Flash.

Pick Qwen3.5-Flash when output tokens cost 4.6x less, or when the context window is larger, 1M against 524K tokens.

Model AQwen3.5-FlashQwen6.2/1001 independent benchmark$0.40 per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines29.9/1001 independent benchmark$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
48
Qwen3.5-Flash only
7
Inkling Small only
36
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

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
Qwen3.5-Flash 6.2 from 1 benchmark, Inkling Small 29.9 from 1 benchmark.
Widest category
Coding, 14.6 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: React: Qwen3.5-Flash 1229 against Inkling Small 1399, 28.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 4.6x apart.
Context window
Qwen3.5-Flash takes 1M 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
CategoryQwen3.5-FlashBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding07
Intelligence01
Reasoning15
Math04
Knowledge38
General316
All shared boards741
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDev12441409Inkling Small
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.9Only Inkling Small measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)83.3%85.9%Inkling Small
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)64.4%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-Bench265.9Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: coding14121450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT14161447Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: React12291399Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: HTML12911398Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence IndexNot measured25.7Only Inkling Small measured
Epoch Capabilities Index143.5150.3Inkling Small
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling 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
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
GPQA Diamond82.8%83.6%Inkling Small
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)81.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash 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)82.3%88.5%Inkling Small
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Chess puzzles14.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
Mystery game puzzles20.0%6.0%Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts14031423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert14071441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14091429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
AIME92.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
OTIS Mock AIME84.4%90.0%Inkling Small
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 318.2%46.3%Inkling Small
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured17.1%Only Inkling Small measured
ProofBenchNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: math14071459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work14131441Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index38
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
MMLU Pro84.1%85.6%Inkling Small
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.3%83.0%Qwen3.5-Flash
CaseLaw (Vals AI)56.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.6%69.6%Inkling Small
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.2%75.5%Inkling Small
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.4%62.3%Qwen3.5-Flash
MedCode (Vals AI)33.0%37.9%Inkling Small
SimpleQA Verified20.3%19.1%Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: science14151428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14071413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government13981415Inkling Small
LMArena Text: business and finance13941413Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index316
General benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)42.5%32.7%Qwen3.5-Flash
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.6%84.1%Inkling Small
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured75.7%Only Inkling Small measured
DTBench82.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMCA29.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text13971413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following13741399Inkling Small
LMArena Text: creative writing13431334Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English14041421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13851401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese14451464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13901408Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Japanese13691401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean13441367Inkling Small
LMArena Text: French14131435Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Spanish14001422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian13801394Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Polish13761428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: multi-turn13931416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries13921402Inkling Small
LMArena Text: writing and language13691357Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13471352Inkling 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 15 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashInkling 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

Qwen3.5-Flash$0.0002Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.5-Flash$0.0040Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.5-Flash$0.016Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of Qwen3.5-Flash and Inkling Small
SpecificationQwen3.5-FlashThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerQwenThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window1M524K
Input $/Mtok$0.065$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.26$1.20
Coding index6.229.9
Independent measurements behind it11
Cost per solved task$0.40$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3.5-Flash better than Inkling Small for coding?

Pick Inkling Small for coding: it scores 29.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 6.2 for Qwen3.5-Flash. Pick Qwen3.5-Flash when output tokens cost 4.6x less, or when the context window is larger, 1M against 524K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-Flash or Inkling Small?

Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.40 and Inkling Small $0.16.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-Flash or Inkling Small?

Qwen3.5-Flash, with 1M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3.5-Flash vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

48 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Qwen3.5-Flash's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Inkling Small's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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