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Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Thinking Machines: Inkling

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) leads on average score with 9.6 vs 8.0. Inkling (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.391 vs $0.742. Inkling (medium) is faster at 16.21s vs 19.20s, with pass rates of 98.5% vs 78.8%.

Recommended modelGemini 3 Flash Preview (medium)It has the strongest score in this comparison (9.6) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17 Inkling Inkling medium Release: 2026-07-18
Score 9.6 8.0
Rank #1 #32
Reliability 10.0 9.8
Consistency 9.7 8.2
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 98.5% 78.8%
Flaky tests 1 5
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 3.533 2.604
Total Cost $0.742 $0.391
Input Price $0.500 / 1M $1.000 / 1M
Output Price $3.000 / 1M $4.050 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 87,861 124,053
Output Tokens 5,486 12,189
Reasoning Tokens 227,164 53,597
Response Time (avg) 19.20s 16.21s
Response Time (max) 117.26s 85.12s
Response Time (total) 422.42s 356.54s

Hamster playing table tennis

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#1 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

medium
Cost
$0.010
Time
18.4s
Tokens
3,351 tok

#32 Thinking Machines: Inkling

medium
Cost
$0.004
Time
11.2s
Tokens
852 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 Flash Preview 8.6 7.6 88.9% 1 84.40s 8,122 462 161,084
Inkling 8.4 7.8 77.8% 1 25.20s 7,374 525 14,457

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