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Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Inkling-Small

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 40.3 to 38.5.

Google · Thinking Machines Lab · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the overall LLM Stats Score 40.3 to 38.5, ranking #55 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

  • overall performance matters — it scores 40.3 and ranks #55 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Inkling-Small

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Google
Inkling-Small
Thinking Machines Lab
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
40.3
#55
38.5
#65
Coding
33.1
#36
29.3
#54
Agents
29.8
#35
23.6
#56
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Context window
—
256,000

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber · 24 for Inkling-Small

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Smalldon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Inkling-Small specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Inkling-Small specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling-Small
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Inkling-Small supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber does not.

Inkling-Small can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Inkling-Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is licensed under a proprietary license, while Inkling-Small uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Proprietary

Closed source

Inkling-Small

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber was released on 2026-09-02, while Inkling-Small was released on 2026-07-30.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is 1 month newer than Inkling-Small.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Sep 2, 2026

2 weeks ago

1mo newer
Inkling-Small

Jul 30, 2026

1 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Small side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
✓ Preferred
Inkling-Small
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Inkling-Small.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber or Inkling-Small?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 40.3 to 38.5. Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is made by Google and Inkling-Small is made by Thinking Machines Lab. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber compare to Inkling-Small in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 94.0%, CyberGym: 86.2%, Google Real-world Vulnerability Discovery: 71.0%, CWE-Bench: 47.2%. Inkling-Small scores AIME 2026: 95.5%, VoiceBench Avg: 90.1%, GPQA: 89.5%, Global-MMLU-Lite: 86.7%, ARC-AGI: 84.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Small?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber supports an unknown number of tokens and Inkling-Small supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Small?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (40.3 vs 38.5), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Small?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is developed by Google and Inkling-Small is developed by Thinking Machines Lab.

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