Inkling Small vs O3 Mini
As of Oct 14, 2026, Inkling Small leads O3 Mini in 2 of 3 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
Inkling Small
#69 Best current rank: #69 in Coding › Web dev, as of Oct 14, 2026.
O3 Mini
It used to be. Was SOTA in Reasoning.
| Category | Inkling Small | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #110 · #110 in General LLM Margin 74.82993197278911 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #7 · #7 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Apr 16, 2025 |
| Reasoning | #107 · #107 in Reasoning Margin 73.97260273972603 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #133 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 91.78082191780823 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | — | #76 · #76 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Coding › Web dev | #69 · #69 in Coding › Web dev Margin 63.55140186915888 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #125 · #125 in Long context Margin 85.03401360544217 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #145 · #145 in Long context Margin 98.63945578231292 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #89 · #89 in Factuality Margin 67.16417910447761 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | — | #51 · #51 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
Inkling Small: $0.6375000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.
O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.
Inkling Small: open weights.
O3 Mini: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads Inkling Small in General LLM at #7 against #110.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Inkling Small leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #107 against #133.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Inkling Small leads O3 Mini in Long context at #125 against #145.
Inkling Small or O3 Mini?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Inkling Small leads O3 Mini in 2 of 3 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
Inkling Small or O3 Mini for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads Inkling Small in General LLM at #7 against #110.
Inkling Small or O3 Mini for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Inkling Small leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #107 against #133.
Inkling Small or O3 Mini for Long context?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Inkling Small leads O3 Mini in Long context at #125 against #145.