Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) vs Inkling Small

Google · Thinking Machines · catalog 2026-09-14

Trade-off: Inkling Small is cheaper ($0.222 vs $0.435/M); Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) scores higher on intelligence (26.3 vs 26.1).
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning)Inkling Small
Speed (tok/s)185 measured150.8 measured
Blended $/M$0.435 derived$0.222 derived
Intelligence index26.3 measured26.1 measured
TTFT (ms)619 measured233 measured
Context—1049k list
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) card · Inkling Small card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.