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Inkling 2 Small vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Inkling 2 Small leads the LLM Stats Score 47.1 to 13.6.

Thinking Machines Lab · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Inkling 2 Small leads the overall LLM Stats Score 47.1 to 13.6, ranking #41 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Inkling 2 Small wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Inkling 2 Small

  • overall performance matters — it scores 47.1 and ranks #41 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-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
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
47.1
#41
13.6
#281
Reasoning
47.8
#26
11.2
#292
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
256,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Inkling 2 Small
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Vision
29.2#47
10.1#151
Multimodal
28.9#44
10.9#137
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Inkling 2 Small · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

1 shared

Inkling 2 Small outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMU-Pro), while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Inkling 2 Small significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Nov 11 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

520.6B diff

Inkling 2 Small has 520.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 709.3% larger.

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling 2 Small
594.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
594.0B
Inkling 2 Small
73.4B
Qwen2-VL-72B-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
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Nov 11 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Inkling 2 Small and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Inkling 2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Inkling 2 Small is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Inkling 2 Small

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Inkling 2 Small was released on 2026-11-05, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Inkling 2 Small is 27 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Inkling 2 Small

Nov 5, 2026

4 days ago

2.2yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Inkling 2 Small's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Inkling 2 Small's cutoff date.

Inkling 2 Small

—

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Inkling 2 Small and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Inkling 2 Small
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Inkling 2 Small vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Inkling 2 Small or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Inkling 2 Small leads the LLM Stats Score 47.1 to 13.6. Inkling 2 Small is made by Thinking Machines Lab and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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 Qwen2-VL-72B-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%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Inkling 2 Small and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Inkling 2 Small supports 256K tokens and Qwen2-VL-72B-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 Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (47.1 vs 13.6), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Inkling 2 Small and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Inkling 2 Small is developed by Thinking Machines Lab and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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