Benchmark Almanac

PMPP-Hard

In use

Agents write GPU kernels for 69 tasks that must be correct, and on 48 of them also run within 1.25 times the reference time. The score is the area under the solved-tasks curve over a 10-hour budget, out of 690 task-hours.

Thinking Machines reports an adapted version with task and grading fixes.

Released
July 2026
Kind
GPU kernels
Level
Research frontier
Scored
Checked automatically
Answers
Agent task
Last in a launch post
November 2026
Last model added
November 2026
1
Model scored in lab cards
1
Launch post lists it, from 1 lab

Inkling 2 Small leads with 494.3

Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.

  1. 1 Inkling 2 Small 494.3

Source: Labs’ model cards

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Inkling 2 Small 494.3 Nov 2026 Lab model card

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

Reported by the lab in its model card
494.3 2027 494.3 2027

Source: Labs’ model cards

One lab put it in a launch post in the last six months

Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.

Thinking Machines
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
Nov 5, 2026 Inkling 2 Small 494.3 PMPP-Hard AUC, 494.27 task-hours

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