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Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewvs
Inkling-Small
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 15 of 16 shared benchmarks. Inkling-Small is 9.3x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
15 – 0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads · 1 tied
Cheaper per token
Inkling-Small
9.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1.0M tokens
Providers
2 providers
Google · Thinking Machines Lab
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Google · released 2026-02-19
textvisionaudio
Inkling-Small
Thinking Machines Lab · released 2026-07-30
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
16 shared · 20 only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · 12 only Inkling-Small| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Inkling-Small | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 16 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 94.3% ↗ | 88.5% ↗epoch run | +5.8 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| AIME 2026 | 98.3% ↗matharena ⚠ | 95.5% ↗ | +2.8 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Elo | 1480.1 ↗ | 1405.2 ↗ | +74.9 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 77.1% ↗ | 40.1% ↗ | +37 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Chess Puzzles (Epoch AI run) | 55% ↗epoch run | 18% ↗epoch run | +37 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 26.8% ↗epoch run | 17.1% ↗epoch run | +9.7 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 59.6% ↗epoch run | 46.3% ↗epoch run | +13.3 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Agent (LMArena) | -0.0771 ↗ | -0.1033 ↗ | 0 | Tie |
| LMArena Vision (LMArena) | 1279.3 ↗ | 1206.3 ↗ | +73 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena WebDev (LMArena) | 1446.2 ↗ | 1408.2 ↗ | +38 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Mystery Game Puzzles (Epoch AI run) | 34% ↗epoch run | 6% ↗epoch run | +28 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 95.6% ↗epoch run | 90% ↗epoch run | +5.6 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 48.7% ↗ | 32.7% ↗ | +16 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| SimpleQA Verified | 73.5% ↗epoch run | 20.6% ↗ | +52.9 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals AI) | 2.5% ↗ | 0% ↗ | +2.5 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Toolathlon-Verified (HKUST) | 61.1% ↗ | 54.4% ↗ | +6.7 pt | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview reports · 20 | ||||
| APEX-Agents (Mercor) | 35.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| BALROG (BALROG) | 57% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 (Datacurve) | 11.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| EBR-bench (Epoch AI run) | 14.3% ↗epoch run | not reported | — | — |
| Furniture Assembly (Epoch AI run) | 26.7% ↗epoch run | not reported | — | — |
| GSO Opt@1 (GSO) | 21.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding (LiveBench) | 44.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Coding (LiveBench) | 76.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis (LiveBench) | 78.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Instruction Following (LiveBench) | 79.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Language (LiveBench) | 85.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Mathematics (LiveBench) | 91% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning (LiveBench) | 84% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MirrorCode (Epoch AI run) | 8.9% ↗epoch run | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleBench (SimpleBench) | 79.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 54.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 75.6% ↗epoch run | not reported | — | — |
| tau2-bench Banking Knowledge (Sierra) | 26% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 (Andon Labs) | 3774.25 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| WeirdML (Håvard Tveit Ihle) | 72.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Inkling-Small reports · 12 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 80.2% ↗ | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | not reported | 84% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp (with context management) | not reported | 77.4% ↗ | — | — |
| CharXiv RQ | not reported | 77.4% ↗ | — | — |
| CharXiv RQ (with python) | not reported | 81.3% ↗ | — | — |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | not reported | 90.2% ↗ | — | — |
| IFBench | not reported | 82.2% ↗ | — | — |
| MCP Atlas (all) | not reported | 79.2% ↗ | — | — |
| MMAU | not reported | 77% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Pro (public) | not reported | 55.9% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (best harness) | not reported | 64.7% ↗ | — | — |
| Toolathlon Verified | not reported | 54.4% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview minus Inkling-Small in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Inkling-Small | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $2 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | Inkling-Small |
| Output price / 1M | $12 ↗ | $1.2 ↗ | Inkling-Small |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.2 ↗ | $0.06 ↗ | Inkling-Small |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $14 | $1.5 | Inkling-Small |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision · audio | Tie |
| Released | 2026-02-19 | 2026-07-30 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 43 | 29 | — |
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