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Inkling 2 Small vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Inkling 2 Small leads the LLM Stats Score 47.2 to -0.2.

Thinking Machines Lab · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Inkling 2 Small leads the overall LLM Stats Score 47.2 to -0.2, ranking #39 overall.

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

Choose Inkling 2 Small

  • overall performance matters — it scores 47.2 and ranks #39 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Inkling 2 Small
Thinking Machines Lab
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
47.2
#39
-0.2
#367
Reasoning
47.9
#24
-0.5
#359
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
256,000
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Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Inkling 2 Small · 11 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Inkling 2 Small and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instructdon'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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

524.0B diff

Inkling 2 Small has 524.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 748.6% larger.

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling 2 Small
594.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
594.0B
Inkling 2 Small
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Inkling 2 Small specifies input context (256,000 tokens).

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling 2 Small
Input256,000 tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Nov 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Inkling 2 Small supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

Inkling 2 Small can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Inkling 2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Inkling 2 Small is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Inkling 2 Small

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Inkling 2 Small was released on 2026-11-05, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

Inkling 2 Small is 26 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Inkling 2 Small

Nov 5, 2026

3 days ago

2.1yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Inkling 2 Small's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Inkling 2 Small's cutoff date.

Inkling 2 Small

—

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Inkling 2 Small and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Inkling 2 Small
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Inkling 2 Small vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, Inkling 2 Small or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Inkling 2 Small leads the LLM Stats Score 47.2 to -0.2. Inkling 2 Small is made by Thinking Machines Lab and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Inkling 2 Small compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

Inkling 2 Small scores GPQA: 93.0%, BrowseComp: 90.2%, CharXiv-R: 85.6%, MCP Atlas: 85.0%, SWE-Bench Verified: 82.2%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Inkling 2 Small and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Inkling 2 Small supports 256K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Inkling 2 Small and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (47.2 vs -0.2), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Inkling 2 Small and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Inkling 2 Small is developed by Thinking Machines Lab and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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