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Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Inkling-Small

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Small are closely matched at 38.9 and 38.3 on the LLM Stats Score.

Google · Thinking Machines Lab · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Inkling-Small are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 38.9 and 38.3.

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

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

  • 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
38.9
#68
38.3
#72
Coding
31.6
#47
28.9
#62
Agents
28.3
#47
23.1
#65
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
Tue Oct 06 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

1 months ago

1mo newer
Inkling-Small

Jul 30, 2026

2 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

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
Open in Playground

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 and Inkling-Small are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 38.9 and 38.3. 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 (38.9 vs 38.3), 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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