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Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) vs Inkling Small (medium)

Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) leads on average score with 6.7 vs 6.6. Inkling Small (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.113 vs $0.300. Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) is faster at 2.65s vs 6.30s, with pass rates of 60.6% vs 53.0%.

Last updated at: 2026-08-15

Rank
#139
Total Output Tokens
16,454
Response Time (avg)
2.65s
Total Cost
$0.300
Rank
#146
Total Output Tokens
56,269
Response Time (avg)
6.30s
Total Cost
$0.113
Recommended model Inkling Small (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (6.6 vs 6.7), while costing about 2.7x less than Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash minimal Release: 2026-05-19 Inkling Small Inkling Small medium Release: 2026-08-01
Score 6.7 6.6
Rank #139 #146
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 9.0
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 60.6% 53.0%
Flaky tests 1 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 2.302 1.177
Total Cost $0.300 $0.113
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.450 / 1M
Output Price $9.000 / 1M $1.200 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 100,762 100,255
Output Tokens 16,454 6,422
Reasoning Tokens 0 49,847
Response Time (avg) 2.65s 6.30s
Response Time (max) 25.26s 17.26s
Response Time (total) 58.21s 138.60s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) 276B total (12B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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Hamster playing table tennis

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#139 Gemini 3.5 Flash

minimal
Cost
$0.041
Time
20.4s
Tokens
4,608 tok

#146 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small

medium
Cost
$0.003
Time
13.4s
Tokens
1,753 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash 5.6 9.9 33.3% 0 2.75s 8,122 3,456 0
Inkling Small 7.8 10.0 66.7% 0 10.49s 7,374 434 13,783

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