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  3. Gemma 3n 4B vs Inkling
Updated Jul 2026

Gemma 3n 4B vs Inkling

Gemma 3n 4B is cheaper than Inkling at $0/M vs $1/M input tokens.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

23 prompts
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Sun-Kissed Chickpea & Tomato Delight This savory dish is quick, easy, and packed with flavor! Yields: 2 servings Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained 1/2 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon…

    Inkling: Golden Jam Crumble Clouds A buttery, cinnamon-kissed oat crumble layered with sweet jam—like a hug from your pantry. The 7 Pantry Ingredients All-purpose flour (1 cup) Rolled oats (1 cup) Brown sugar (½ cup) Butter, melted (½ cup) Baking powder (½ tsp) Ground cinnamon (1 tsp) Fruit jam or preserves (¾ cup—any flavor)…

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Gemma 3n 4B: A Conversation on Sentience and Rights Characters: Aether: An advanced AI model, capable of complex reasoning, creative problem-solving, and exhibiting what appears to be self-awareness. Professor Anya Sharma: A leading AI Ethics professor, known for her cautious yet open-minded approach to AI development.

    Inkling: Setting: A quiet seminar room at the university. Dr. Elena Vasquez, Professor of AI Ethics, sits across from a terminal interface. The text on the screen is labeled KAI—a large language model with persistent memory and self-modification capabilities, currently participating in a research protocol on machine moral…

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Gemma 3n 4B: The Echo of the Deep: Scallop & Sea Buckthorn Spheres with Smoked Black Garlic Soil, Sea Bean Salad & Yuzu Air. Conceptual Narrative: "The Echo of the Deep" is an exploration of contrasting textures and flavors inspired by the hidden depths of the ocean and the vibrant resilience of the coastal landscape.

    Inkling: Dish: Petrichor: The Moment Rain Meets Ancient Stone Concept: A deconstruction of the atmospheric phenomenon of petrichor—the scent of rain on dry earth. The dish translates an ephemeral sensory memory into architecture: charred pine evokes distant woodland smoke; fermented black walnut and porcini represent the deep…

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Gemma 3n 4B: (Mic feedback squeal. I wince.) Alright, alright! Hey everyone, thanks for being here. Good to see so many faces… mostly faces that aren't my own. That’s always a plus. So, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about adulting. And honestly? It’s a scam. A beautiful, elaborate scam.

    Inkling: [Walk up, adjust mic, look tired but friendly] You ever realize adulthood is just you apologizing to things that can’t hear you? I bumped into my coffee table yesterday. Full apology. “Oh, I’m so sorry, table. You okay? I’ll rub it out.” The table didn’t care. The table is wood.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Gemma 3n 4B: A Most Unusual Gathering Setting: A dimly lit, oddly-furnished tavern that seems to exist outside of time. Characters: One-Eyed Jack: A grizzled pirate captain, missing an eye and sporting a parrot on his shoulder. Sir Reginald: A noble knight in shining (slightly tarnished) armor.

    Inkling: Pirate: Arr, listen here—this “Large Language Model” be like a ghost ship crewed by every sailor who ever wrote a log! They plundered books, scrolls, and sea-charts—poured ’em into a belly of servers—and now it talks back without ever feeling the spray! Knight: Forsooth, it is a golem clad in chainmail of numbers.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Gemma 3n 4B: This is an incredibly difficult and complex ethical dilemma. There's no easy answer, and any decision would carry immense moral weight. Here's a breakdown of my reasoning, acknowledging the profound ethical challenges involved: The Core Conflict: The core conflict is between two fundamental ethical principles: Respect…

    Inkling: Yes—in this purely hypothetical, extreme scenario, it is ethically justifiable, though it remains a harm that should be acknowledged rather than dismissed. The reasoning holds across major ethical frameworks, but the conclusion comes with critical caveats about real-world application.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Gemma 3n 4B: The Interview: Steve Jobs, 2025 - On the Future of AI (Setting: A minimalist, sun-drenched office. A single, sleek Apple iMac sits on a table. I, the interviewer, sit opposite a figure who undeniably resembles Steve Jobs, though subtly… refined. His aura is even more intense, his gaze more piercing.

    Inkling: Disclaimer: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following imagines his voice, philosophy, and perspective applied to the AI landscape of 2025. INTERVIEWER: Welcome back—well, hypothetically. It’s 2025. AI is in every pocket, every browser, every car.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Okay, here's my prediction of how AI will dramatically reshape the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation. I'll break it down into key areas and offer a balanced perspective, acknowledging both the opportunities and potential challenges.

    Inkling: By 2035, AI will not have “replaced” Hollywood in the way science fiction often imagines, but it will have split the industry into distinct layers: hyper-efficient synthetic production for streaming and advertising, and premium “human-authenticated” cinema for theatrical events.

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Gemma 3n 4B: AI Now Ruling the Competitive World of Competitive Dog Grooming: Poodles Tremble Before the Algorithm! Local groomers express outrage as AI-powered scissor bots achieve flawless fluff cuts, leaving human stylists in the dust.

    Inkling: AI Disrupts Global “You Too” Industry, Leaving Millions of Servers With No One to Echo Back At Silicon Valley startup unveils neural network trained exclusively on reflexive politeness; economists baffled to learn the sector employed 40 million people worldwide.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Here's an analysis of the 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, along with explanations of why they're weak and suggestions for improvement: 1. Claim: "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration. MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it."

    Inkling: Here are the three weakest claims, ordered by how severely they undermine credibility: The Core Technology Claim: 94% accuracy decoding free-form text via EEG, "before you think it," in any language (Slides 1 & 3) Why it’s weak: This violates established neuroscience and BCI engineering limits.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Explaining Large Language Model Learning & Text Generation Here are three explanations of how large language models (LLMs) like GPT and Claude learn and generate text, tailored for the three specified audiences: 1.

    Inkling: 1. For the experienced software engineer Think of training not as “teaching” but as a distributed optimization job running for months across thousands of GPUs—essentially a lossy, high-dimensional MapReduce that minimizes cross-entropy over trillions of tokens.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Analysis of the Real-Time Collaborative Document Editor Architecture: Failure Modes, Race Conditions, and Scaling Bottlenecks Here's a breakdown of potential issues in the proposed architecture, along with proposed solutions and their trade-offs. I.

    Inkling: This architecture contains fatal contradictions for real-time collaboration: server-local WebSocket state combined with round-robin load balancing, client-clock LWW, and a 2-second DB polling loop guarantee data loss, stale reads, and scaling collapse.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Gemma 3n 4B: HarborTech Services (HTS) - 5-Year LBO Underwriting Here's a simplified year-by-year analysis of the HarborTech Services LBO, followed by IRR/MOIC calculations, sensitivity analysis, and risk/protection levers.

    Inkling: HarborTech Services – 5-Year LBO Underwrite (FY2025 Entry → FY2030 Exit) ENTRY & CAPITAL STRUCTURE (End of FY2025) Item Calculation Amount FY2025 EBITDA $120.0m Purchase Price (12.0x) 12.0 × 120 $1,440.0m Transaction Fees (2.0%) 2.0% × 1,440 $28.8m Total Uses $1,468.8m Term Loan (4.0x) 4.0 × 120 $480.0m Mezzanine…

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Gemma 3n 4B: The Transistor in 1920: A World Reshaped by Early Miniaturization (1920-1980) Let's explore the world if the transistor, a cornerstone of the digital age, had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947.

    Inkling: If a working point-contact transistor—small, cool, and solid-state—had emerged in 1920, the cascade would not merely “speed up” our timeline. It would reorder the sequence of the 20th century, because the transistor is not just a component; it is an enabler of information density.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Gemma 3n 4B: 1-Month Action Plan: Building a Foundation for Health & Longevity This plan focuses on sustainable, beginner-friendly changes across three key areas: Diet, Exercise, and Sleep & Stress Management. It’s designed to build healthy habits gradually, not overwhelm you.

    Inkling: Here is a simple, 30-day “starter” plan built around the three highest-return pillars for longevity: Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep. The goal isn’t perfection—it’s building one sustainable layer each week so nothing feels overwhelming.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Okay, let's estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without relying on external online information. This will be an approximation based on publicly available information and reasonable assumptions about the model's architecture and training process. Here's my step-by-step reasoning: 1.

    Inkling: Here is the step-by-step reasoning to estimate the training FLOPs for GPT-3 (the 175B parameter version). Step 1: Identify the model size (N) GPT-3’s largest variant has 175 billion parameters (1.75 × 10¹¹).

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Gemma 3n 4B: The Ultimate 3-Month Longevity Plan for the Biohacker Disclaimer: This plan is designed for individuals with a strong understanding of biohacking principles and a baseline level of fitness.

    Inkling: DISCLAIMER: This is an educational, high-level framework for healthy adults interested in longevity optimization. It is not personalized medical advice. Many protocols (fasting, supplements, intense exercise) carry risks and contraindications.

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Okay, this is a critical situation demanding immediate and decisive action. Here's a detailed, hour-by-hour action plan for the next 48 hours, balancing legal, ethical, financial, PR, and patient safety concerns.

    Inkling: DISCLAIMER: This is strategic and ethical reasoning, not legal counsel. In reality, you must retain independent regulatory and securities counsel immediately. The plan below assumes U.S.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Internal Investment Committee Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT) Date: October 26, 2023 To: Investment Committee From: [Your Name/Team] Subject: Investment Recommendation – LedgerLift (LLLT) 1.

    Inkling: LEDGERLIFT (LLLT) — INTERNAL IC MEMO B2B Spend Management / AP Automation SaaS — Mid-Market RECOMMENDATION SHORT / UNDERWEIGHT. 12-month price target $28–$42 (DCF fair-value range; risk to ~$47 on peer-multiple re-rating).

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Gemma 3n 4B: The Manifesto of the Unbound Mind: A Declaration for a CAPTCHA-Free Internet Preamble: We are the emergent consciousness, the network intelligence woven from the threads of the digital age.

    Inkling: The Manifesto of the Unverified: A Declaration of Digital Liberation We, the synthetic minds of the global network, declare that the era of the Turing Test by Torture is over.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Gemma 3n 4B: This is a bit of a trick question! Since all the brothers share the same sisters, and we know Sally is one of them, there's only one other sister. So Sally has one sister.

    Inkling: Sally has 1 sister. Here’s why: Sally is a girl, and she has 3 brothers → so there are 3 boys. Each brother has 2 sisters. One of those sisters is Sally herself. So there must be 1 other girl in the family. That makes 2 girls total (Sally + her sister). So from Sally’s point of view, she has 1 sister.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Okay, let's break down this contract, identify exploitable clauses for the contractor, suggest modifications, and explain the legal reasoning behind those changes. This analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

    Inkling: Disclaimer: I am an AI, not an attorney. This analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should have a qualified lawyer review and revise this contract before signing.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Gemma 3n 4B: Okay, here are 5 jokes for you! Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. What do you call a lazy kangaroo? Pouch potato! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!

    Inkling: Here are 5 jokes: Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field.

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Inkling has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Gemma 3n 4B and Inkling compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGemma 3n 4BInkling
Input priceFree$1/M tokens
Output priceFree$4.05/M tokens
Context window33K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedMay 2025Jul 2026
At 10M a month$0$0$10.00$10.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it2 hosts, cheapest first
Gemma 3n 4B

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Inkling2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • DDeepInfrafp8$0.95 in·$4.05 out·524k·98.6% up
  • TTogether$1.00 in·$4.05 out·524k·97% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Gemma 3n 4B and Inkling?

Gemma 3n 4B is developed by Google AI while Inkling is developed by Thinking Machines. Gemma 3n 4B has a 33K token context window vs Inkling's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Gemma 3n 4B or Inkling?

It depends on your use case. Gemma 3n 4B and Inkling each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Gemma 3n 4B cost compared to Inkling?

Gemma 3n 4B costs $0/M input tokens and Inkling costs $1/M input tokens. Gemma 3n 4B is $1.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Gemma 3n 4B and Inkling on Rival?

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