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Inkling Small

Thinking Machines Released July 2026

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#77 smartest of 89 #10 fastest Updated Oct 30, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC

At a glance

How Inkling Small compares with the other 88 ranked language models.

  • Better for simple tasks. Ranked #77 of 89 on the overall intelligence score, ahead of 14% of models.

  • Fast writer. Writes about 135 words per second, faster than 90% of models.

  • Short wait before answering. You wait about 13 sec before the answer starts.

  • Cheap to use. $0.53 per million tokens, cheaper than 78% of models.

Model details

Made by
Thinking Machines
Model family
Inkling Small
Released
July 2026 · 3 months ago
Input price
$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.20 / 1M tokens
Value for money
#24 of 84
Tests with scores
6 of 8

Good for

  • Fast, live repliesWrites about 135 words per second
  • Large volumes on a budgetOnly $0.53 per million tokens

Not ideal for

  • Complex reasoningScores in the bottom quarter overall
  • Autonomous agentsWeak on multi-step computer tasks

Intelligence

13

overall score

#77 of 89typical 30

Coding

–

coding score

typical –

Speed

180

tokens per second

#10 of 89typical 91

Wait

13 sec

before it replies

#32 of 79typical 15s

Price

$0.53

per 1M tokens

#19 of 84typical $2.00

Test results

Scores on individual tests that make up the intelligence score. The faint line marks the best score of any model.

  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Very hard expert questions across many subjects

    33%#64 of 86typical 42%
  • GPQA Diamond

    PhD-level biology, physics and chemistry questions

    90%#19 of 36typical 90%
  • SciCode

    Writing code to solve science research problems

    50%#60 of 86typical 53%
  • Long documents

    Finding and reasoning over facts in very long texts

    76%#73 of 87typical 80%
  • Terminal-Bench

    Doing real tasks on a computer by itself, like an agent

    1%#77 of 89typical 31%
  • Customer support

    Helping bank customers as a support agent using tools

    19%#27 of 34typical 39%

Where it ranks on intelligence

This model next to the models closest to it. Click another bar to open that model.

What would it cost?

Through the API, at the listed price. Chat apps usually charge a monthly plan instead.

  • 1,000 chat replies

    a question and a ~350-word answer, 1,000 times

    $0.90
  • Summarise a 100-page report

    about 50,000 words in, a one-page summary out

    $0.02
  • Write a 2,000-word article

    a short brief in, a long article out

    $0.003

Input, per 1M tokens

$0.30

Output, per 1M tokens

$1.20

How long do answers take?

Median times measured through the API.

Before the answer starts13 sec
Writing speed≈ 135 words / sec
A full 500-word answer16 sec

1 token is about ¾ of a word. Speeds change with server load, so treat these as typical, not guaranteed.

Similar models

Other companies' models with the closest intelligence score.

  • Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

    NVIDIA

    14

    intelligence

    $0.31

    per 1M

    417

    tokens/s

  • Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

    NVIDIAReasoning

    12

    intelligence

    $1.13

    per 1M

    151

    tokens/s

  • Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

    Google

    12

    intelligence

    $0.85

    per 1M

    399

    tokens/s

  • Kimi K3

    KimiLow

    17

    intelligence

    $6.00

    per 1M

    0

    tokens/s

  • Beam 1.0

    Reflection

    18

    intelligence

    $0.60

    per 1M

    311

    tokens/s

More from Thinking Machines

  • Inkling

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    13

    intelligence

    $1.76

    per 1M

    168

    tokens/s

Questions people ask

Is Inkling Small a good AI model?
On the overall intelligence score it ranks #77 of 89 (score 13; the typical model scores 30). It stands out for fast, live replies, large volumes on a budget.
How much does Inkling Small cost?
Through the API it costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. In everyday terms, 1,000 chat replies cost about $0.90. Chat apps that use it usually charge a monthly plan instead.
How fast is Inkling Small?
It writes about 135 words per second, and you wait about 13 sec before the answer starts. A full 500-word answer takes roughly 16 sec.
What are good alternatives to Inkling Small?
Models with a similar score include Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by NVIDIA, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google. The cheapest of these is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL at $0.31 per million tokens.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.