Thinking Machines Lab model product
Inkling Small
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Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Inkling-Small
LLMBoard Score65.6Inkling-Small
Coverage100%22 benchmark families
Context window1MTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Inkling Small Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Inkling Small Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Inkling-Small.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkMMAU | Score77.0% | Rank01 | Participants3 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkVoiceBench Avg | Score90.1% | Rank01 | Participants2 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIFBench | Score82.2% | Rank02 | Participants34 | Percentile97.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSimpleQA Verified | Score20.6% | Rank02 | Participants2 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAA-Briefcase | Score917 points | Rank03 | Participants3 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkCritPT | Score8.3% | Rank03 | Participants5 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2026 | Score95.5% | Rank04 | Participants21 | Percentile85.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGDPval-AA | Score1,269 points | Rank04 | Participants4 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGlobal-MMLU-Lite | Score86.7% | Rank04 | Participants15 | Percentile78.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau3 Banking | Score15.5% | Rank04 | Participants7 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkARC-AGI | Score84.0% | Rank06 | Participants8 | Percentile28.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkArtificial Analysis | Score40.0% | Rank07 | Participants7 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMCP Atlas | Score79.6% | Rank07 | Participants33 | Percentile81.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSciCode | Score48.7% | Rank07 | Participants21 | Percentile70.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkARC-AGI v2 | Score40.1% | Rank10 | Participants17 | Percentile43.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score80.2% | Rank12 | Participants111 | Percentile90.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkToolathlon | Score54.4% | Rank12 | Participants37 | Percentile69.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench 2.1 | Score64.7% | Rank22 | Participants28 | Percentile22.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBrowseComp | Score77.4% | Rank23 | Participants62 | Percentile63.9% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score89.5% | Rank26 | Participants239 | Percentile89.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkCharXiv-R | Score77.4% | Rank31 | Participants51 | Percentile40.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Pro | Score55.9% | Rank32 | Participants50 | Percentile36.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMMU-Pro | Score74.0% | Rank35 | Participants68 | Percentile49.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHumanity's Last Exam | Score31.6% | Rank46 | Participants99 | Percentile54.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Inkling Small Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Inkling Small Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- From $0.45 input, $1.2 output per 1M via Deep Infra
- Tracked offerings
- 10
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderDeep Infra | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/Inkling-Small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.45 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/inkling-small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.45 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDdeepinfra/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.45 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderKilo Gateway | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/inkling-small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.45 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderNanoGPT | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/Inkling-Small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderHugging Face | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/Inkling-Small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderBaseten | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/inkling-small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/inkling-small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDtogether_ai/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context524.3K | Updated |
| ProviderLLMTR | Provider model IDthinkingmachines/inkling-small | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.58 | Output / 1M$1.44 | Context262.1K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Inkling Small Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Inkling-Small. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
Browse runtime rankingsNo provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Inkling Small Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Inkling-Small
- Released
- Jul 30, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- 276B
- Context window
- 1M
- Max output
- 1M
- Inputs
- audio, image, text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- Apache 2.0
Inkling Small Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionInkling-Small | Released | LLMBoard65.6 | Parameters276B | Context1M | Max output1M | Open weightsYes | LicenseApache 2.0 |
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What is Inkling Small?
Key information about Inkling Small and its available data.
0. It accepts text, image, and audio inputs and generates text, with native reasoning, variable thinking effort, and a context window up to 1M tokens (Tinker exposes 64K and 256K configurations). Hugging Face weights: thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small and thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small-NVFP4.
Vendor self-host VRAM: BF16 ≥ ~600 GB aggregated; NVFP4 ≥ ~180 GB aggregated. 6% (same bash-only harness). Fine-tuning and playground chat are available via Tinker. 06 cached).
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Inkling Small.
When was Inkling Small released?
Inkling Small's default version was released on Jul 30, 2026.
How much does Inkling Small cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Inkling Small. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.45 input and $1.2 output via Deep Infra.
Who created Inkling Small?
Inkling Small was created by Thinking Machines Lab.
What is the context window for Inkling Small?
The default version has a 1M token context window.
Is Inkling Small open weight?
Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under Apache 2.0.
How many API providers offer Inkling Small?
10 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Inkling Small with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, Qwen3.5 397B A17B, Kimi K2.5.