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Start with Inkling and Inkling Small, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.

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Inkling vs Inkling Small

Live dataset updated 9/22/2026, 9:31:46 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of Inkling and Inkling Small
Field
Inkling

Thinking Machines

Inkling Small

Thinking Machines

ModelCap position#46#84
Index score68.656.5
EvidenceMeasured5 public benchmark observations across 5 boardsMeasured4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards
Input / 1M$1.00$0.45
Output / 1M$4.05$1.20
Pricing statusfreshfresh
Context1M1M
Providers32
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights

Decision facts

  • Inkling is #46; Inkling Small is #84 on the same current language board.
  • Index scores are 68.6 for Inkling and 56.5 for Inkling Small. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
  • Both positions use Measured evidence.
  • Listed output price per 1M tokens is $4.05 for Inkling and $1.20 for Inkling Small. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $4.03 for Inkling versus $1.50 for Inkling Small. Inkling Small costs 62.7% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
  • Published context is 1,048,576 tokens for Inkling and 1,048,576 for Inkling Small.
  • ModelCap currently lists 3 providers for Inkling and 2 for Inkling Small.

These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.

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