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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 11.2, at about the same output price ($1.20 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 30 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.20
0
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
30
vs boards won of 30 shared

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
30
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking only
0
Inkling Small only
54
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 Next 80B A3B Thinking not benchmarked, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 18.1 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AA Coding Index: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 17.4 against Inkling Small 52.9, 35.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Both cost $1.20 per million output tokens.
Context window
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 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
CategoryQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding03
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards030
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDevNot measured1409Only Inkling Small measured
AA Coding Index17.452.9Inkling 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
SciCodeNot measured49.7%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: coding13921450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT13931447Inkling 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 21 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index11.225.7Inkling Small
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.3Only Inkling Small measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling 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 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small 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 prompts13711423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert13761441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13841429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling 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: math13991459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work13901441Inkling Small
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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling 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: science13841428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13921413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government13641415Inkling Small
LMArena Text: business and finance13601413Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling 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
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured75.7%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text13681413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following13441399Inkling Small
LMArena Text: creative writing13141334Inkling Small
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English13921421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13421401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese14071464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13561408Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Japanese12801401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean13101367Inkling Small
LMArena Text: French13511435Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Spanish13581422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian13371394Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Polish13451428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: multi-turn13461416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries13531402Inkling Small
LMArena Text: writing and language13301357Inkling Small
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13121352Inkling 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 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingInkling 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 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.0008Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.011Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.042Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 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 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Inkling Small
SpecificationQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerQwenThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2025July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.45
Output $/Mtok$1.20$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it04
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or Inkling Small?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $1.20 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 Next 80B A3B Thinking or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

30 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking'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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