# Inkling

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Thinking Machines

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Last updated: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:30:12 GMT

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Thinking Machines

## Benchmarks

| Benchmark | Score | ± | Rank | Cost | Source |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Creative Writing v3](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/eq-bench%3Acreative-writing-v3.md) | 1,610.8elo | — | 38 / 90 | — | [eq bench · creative-writing-v3](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing.js) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo_score` \| 1610.8 \| elo \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `creative_writing_score` \| 16.38 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration interactiveAdjustments none protocol creative-writing-v3 sourceModelVersion thinkingmachines/Inkling ### Source [Original source](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing.js) Source eq bench Original model label thinkingmachines/Inkling Source version creative-writing-v3 Observed 2026-10-21T16:35:01.421Z Evidence SHA-256 `722ddb132e8d3a5e5c39b8d445f8475f3f7e24893a007260c6f3e3cce5c1ee18` Source locator `/leaderboardDataCreativeWritingV3/46` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena 3D design generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3A3d-design.md) | 1,161elo | — | 48 / 110 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=3d-design) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1161 \| elo \| 3d-design \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category 3d inputModality Not reported sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 75303 battles 2334 losses 1401 standardError Not reported winRate 40 wins 933 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=3d-design) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:37:58.515Z Evidence SHA-256 `bcc0267f7bc7e9ec112306b3a35413cf78bbccbfaa838356232d5d5ed0b83d0f` Source locator `/data/78` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena Data visualization generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Adata-viz.md) | 1,159elo | — | 70 / 99 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=data-viz) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1159 \| elo \| data-viz \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category dataviz inputModality Not reported sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 98434 battles 666 losses 416 standardError Not reported winRate 37.5 wins 250 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=data-viz) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:37:58.264Z Evidence SHA-256 `a895f6f1a25fa8eb01f821c2097ddec4f884de7bd22f1b8a22e82e6679b71849` Source locator `/data/101` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena SVG generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Asvgs.md) | 1,110elo | — | 53 / 77 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=svgs) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1110 \| elo \| svgs \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category svg inputModality Not reported sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 38312 battles 1294 losses 846 standardError Not reported winRate 34.6 wins 448 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=svgs) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:38:03.249Z Evidence SHA-256 `8cbc34a474a66ef5c64f3ffe557df9b55bf7e13368c07c0214223e3ed8f3f21e` Source locator `/data/85` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [FrontierCode 1.1 extended](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/frontiercode%3Av1_1%3Aextended.md) | 24.8% | — | 124 / 125 | $3.2 | [frontiercode](https://cognition.com/data/frontiercode-leaderboard/data.json) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `score` \| 0.248 \| score_fraction \| blocking_criteria_adjusted \| Higher is better \| \| `correct` \| 0.278 \| score_fraction \| raw_rubric \| Higher is better \| \| `cost` \| 3.2 \| USD \| per_rollout \| Lower is better \| ### Configuration harness mini-swe-agent Reasoning effort 0.99 sourceVersion v1_1 subset extended ### Reported statistics flaggedRate 0.0727 sampleSize 150 ### Source [Original source](https://cognition.com/data/frontiercode-leaderboard/data.json) Source frontiercode Original model label Inkling Observed 2026-10-21T16:31:00.878Z Evidence SHA-256 `ff0040778b7bdf69c705ad7474f771fb5e53cfaf5cf8573b3a4614153543d75f` Source locator `/v1_1/data/Inkling/0.99/extended` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena ASCII art generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Aascii.md) | 1,089elo | — | 58 / 65 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=ascii) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1089 \| elo \| ascii \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category ascii inputModality Not reported sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 96682 battles 220 losses 146 standardError Not reported winRate 33.6 wins 74 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=ascii) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:38:03.513Z Evidence SHA-256 `0603b8c65b44ee887f5b566feb469465f59635137a6ac5c6d94c23bcf3776311` Source locator `/data/83` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [Longform Creative Writing](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/eq-bench%3Alongform-writing.md) | 72.5% | — | 30 / 93 | — | [eq bench · longform-writing](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing_longform.js) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `overall_score_100` \| 72.5 \| percent \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter1_avg` \| 15.90 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter2_avg` \| 15.87 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter3_avg` \| 15.82 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter4_avg` \| 15.60 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter5_avg` \| 15.65 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter6_avg` \| 15.36 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter7_avg` \| 14.84 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `chapter8_avg` \| 15.06 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| \| `final_judgement_avg` \| 12.70 \| rubric_score \| overall \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration interactiveAdjustments none protocol longform-writing sourceModelVersion thinkingmachines/Inkling ### Source [Original source](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing_longform.js) Source eq bench Original model label thinkingmachines/Inkling Source version longform-writing Observed 2026-10-21T16:35:02.575Z Evidence SHA-256 `3ba283ce357ac7620e16db640a961879c30fe3ddc50a27de9a8ed4290784825c` Source locator `/leaderboardDataLongformV3/121` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [SimpleBench](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/simplebench%3Aavg-at-5.md) | 50% | — | 34 / 62 | — | [simplebench](https://simple-bench.com/static/js/leaderboard-data.js) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `accuracy` \| 50 \| percent \| average_at_5 \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration Reasoning effort unknown Model configuration Inkling thinkingEnabled Not reported ### Reported statistics rank 55th ### Source [Original source](https://simple-bench.com/static/js/leaderboard-data.js) Source simplebench Original model label Inkling Observed 2026-10-22T03:40:04.693Z Evidence SHA-256 `b2d0285ad3e4e15750ed20d39897e7558d1c05e8962e90c861b06f93c8019dc9` Source locator `/rows/56` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena Agentic web applications](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Awebapps.md) | 1,196elo | SE ±10.31 | 24 / 39 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=webapps) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1196 \| elo \| webapps \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType agents category agon_webapps inputModality text sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics Uncertainty Standard error: ±10.31 averageGenerationTimeMs Not reported battles 1207 losses 620 standardError 10.309 winRate 48.6 wins 587 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=webapps) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:38:00.309Z Evidence SHA-256 `f955787274cf4ac627ada7cd33eaae2e08ef7297db92d3391340fcaa0b44a35f` Source locator `/data/29` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [ARC-AGI-2](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/arc-prize%3Av2_Semi_Private.md) | 36.53% | — | 94 / 212 | 0.64usd per task | [arc prize · v2](https://arcprize.org/media/data/leaderboard/v2.json) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `score` \| 0.36527777777777776 \| score_fraction \| v2_Semi_Private \| Higher is better \| \| `cost_per_task` \| 0.6420766277310923 \| usd_per_task \| v2_Semi_Private \| Lower is better \| ### Configuration evaluationSplit v2_Semi_Private harness Not reported modelGroup Not reported modelType CoT sourceModelVersion thinky-inkling ### Source [Original source](https://arcprize.org/media/data/leaderboard/v2.json) Source arc prize Original model label Inkling Source version v2 Observed 2026-10-21T16:34:20.750Z Evidence SHA-256 `bca68e12cc9a01954ae21b641844c1ecbabe146cb24b87f0f8e9b1db27433c29` Source locator `/evaluations/172` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [FrontierCode 1.1 main](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/frontiercode%3Av1_1%3Amain.md) | 14% | — | 124 / 125 | $3.6 | [frontiercode](https://cognition.com/data/frontiercode-leaderboard/data.json) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `score` \| 0.14 \| score_fraction \| blocking_criteria_adjusted \| Higher is better \| \| `correct` \| 0.159 \| score_fraction \| raw_rubric \| Higher is better \| \| `cost` \| 3.6 \| USD \| per_rollout \| Lower is better \| ### Configuration harness mini-swe-agent Reasoning effort 0.99 sourceVersion v1_1 subset main ### Reported statistics flaggedRate 0.076 sampleSize 100 ### Source [Original source](https://cognition.com/data/frontiercode-leaderboard/data.json) Source frontiercode Original model label Inkling Observed 2026-10-21T16:31:00.878Z Evidence SHA-256 `ff0040778b7bdf69c705ad7474f771fb5e53cfaf5cf8573b3a4614153543d75f` Source locator `/v1_1/data/Inkling/0.99/main` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena Overall frontend coding](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Acode.md) | 1,206elo | SE ±2.73 | 47 / 116 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=code) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1206 \| elo \| code \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category allcategories inputModality text sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics Uncertainty Standard error: ±2.73 averageGenerationTimeMs 131082 battles 18846 losses 10894 standardError 2.7294 winRate 42.2 wins 7952 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=code) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:37:57.301Z Evidence SHA-256 `0c897b58670f5e352bd123db999a40c0d1781a443964c502b90774a76a3a7758` Source locator `/data/77` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DistressBench](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/scale%3Adistressbench.md) | 78.47source score | CI 77.41–79.53 | 5 / 27 | — | [scale](https://labs.scale.com/leaderboard/distressbench) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `score` \| 78.47 \| source_score \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration Reasoning effort unknown Model configuration inkling sourceModelVersion Not reported thinkingEnabled Not reported ### Reported statistics Uncertainty Confidence interval: 77.41–79.53 contaminationWarning Not reported rank 5 reportedConfidenceHalfWidth 1.06 ### Source [Original source](https://labs.scale.com/leaderboard/distressbench) Source scale Original model label inkling Observed 2026-10-22T03:30:05.896Z Evidence SHA-256 `6454425cf2678fa1119e99bffcdc827763d2b9c485395cb7aba2ef2e1f0cafbd` Source locator `/rows/4` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena Website generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Awebsite.md) | 1,224elo | — | 45 / 123 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=website) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1224 \| elo \| website \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category website inputModality text sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 137085 battles 10912 losses 6051 standardError Not reported winRate 44.5 wins 4861 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=website) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:37:57.757Z Evidence SHA-256 `51873e97776a3c5ae706b24cc2c60384793dd18398df970e213a8e7c276d8ac0` Source locator `/data/74` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena UI component generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Aui-components.md) | 1,200elo | — | 49 / 112 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=ui-components) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1200 \| elo \| ui-components \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category uicomponent inputModality Not reported sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 153533 battles 1428 losses 851 standardError Not reported winRate 40.4 wins 577 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=ui-components) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:37:57.993Z Evidence SHA-256 `46482ec1b4012638eace65493daea4750e2088098018fd9d5fc46126fc1f8557` Source locator `/data/77` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [EQ-Bench 4](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/eq-bench%3Aeqbench4.md) | 1,225.8elo | CI 1,213.8–1,237.7 | 12 / 26 | — | [eq bench · eqbench4](https://eqbench.com/eqbench4/eqbench4_data.js) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1225.8 \| elo \| overall \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration protocol eqbench4 ### Reported statistics Uncertainty Confidence interval: 1,213.8–1,237.7 confidenceIntervalHigh 1237.7 confidenceIntervalLow 1213.8 scenarios 120 ### Source [Original source](https://eqbench.com/eqbench4/eqbench4_data.js) Source eq bench Original model label Inkling Source version eqbench4 Observed 2026-10-21T16:35:00.261Z Evidence SHA-256 `188d8ea4a393978063a6c24dff6c92ce185169827038bfa558091212a68c29d8` Source locator `/models/11` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [DesignArena Browser game generation](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/designarena%3Agame-dev.md) | 1,166elo | — | 60 / 117 | — | [designarena · public](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=game-dev) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `elo` \| 1166 \| elo \| game-dev \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration arenaType models category gamedev inputModality Not reported sourceModelVersion inkling variationName public ### Reported statistics averageGenerationTimeMs 144915 battles 3579 losses 2221 standardError Not reported winRate 37.9 wins 1358 ### Source [Original source](https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard#board=game-dev) Source designarena Original model label Inkling Source version public Observed 2026-10-21T16:38:01.100Z Evidence SHA-256 `53db6a89112ce8cdf644568c666d4b8309aece764cfcedb291ffd52ae3934e30` Source locator `/data/94` |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| [ARC-AGI-1](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/arc-prize%3Av1_Semi_Private.md) | 79.5% | — | 93 / 213 | 0.3usd per task | [arc prize · v1](https://arcprize.org/media/data/leaderboard/v1.json) |  |
| ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `score` \| 0.795 \| score_fraction \| v1_Semi_Private \| Higher is better \| \| `cost_per_task` \| 0.30047416199999993 \| usd_per_task \| v1_Semi_Private \| Lower is better \| ### Configuration evaluationSplit v1_Semi_Private harness Not reported modelGroup Not reported modelType CoT sourceModelVersion thinky-inkling ### Source [Original source](https://arcprize.org/media/data/leaderboard/v1.json) Source arc prize Original model label Inkling Source version v1 Observed 2026-10-21T16:34:20.378Z Evidence SHA-256 `302d8267c0522bf450ec1deeac4d060e2cf2fb444ba0a4269014d9535de0bd1f` Source locator `/evaluations/170` |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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