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Inkling

Jul 2026
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$0.95 / $4.05per 1M in / out?
190 tok/sfirst token in 0.7 s?
256Kcontext

Rankingat xhigh effort?

Full ranking →
1Sonnet 5.5752Fable 5.171.13Opus 5.566.74Fable 564.45Haiku 5.563.3
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36Gemini 3.6 Flash14.437Inkling12.237Grok 4.612.2

Strong at

A
Reasoning#74 of 334Science#57 of 312Knowledge#60 of 318
B
Coding#54 of 132Agents & work tasks#69 of 175Long context#76 of 273Vision#60 of 124

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
CheaperClaude Haiku 5.5max×5.2-88%$0.21Remove sampling parameters+5BetterMuse Glimmer 30BhighOpen+64%-71%$0.058Context: 256K → 131KOpenGLM 5.3 Flashmax×4.2-86%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4CheaperQwen3.8 27BxhighOpen+77%-45%$1.01max_tokens range · QwenCloud+4CheaperGemini 3.8 Flashhigh+77%-13%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1

Run it yourself

estimate
Fits on✗ 8 GB (phone, laptop)✗ 16 GB✗ 24 GB GPU✗ 48 GB GPU✗ 80 GB GPU
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Chat & Knowledge
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.225#84
AA Omniscience Index2#60
AA Omniscience · Accuracy41.6#42
AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate67.7#127
Humanity's Last Exam31.9#74
GPQA Diamond87.2#57
AA-LCR (long context) 1.177.3#76
CritPt (physics)5.4#77
GDP.pdf · AA all-pass12.8#46
MLCR-AA12.2#37
GPQA Diamond · Epoch88.3#43
OTIS Mock AIME 2024 202588.9#49
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2)33.3#55
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2)4.9#51
SimpleQA Verified v140.3#42
Chess Puzzles21#49

FAQ

How much does Inkling cost?›

$0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.05 per 1M output tokens (cheapest host: DeepInfra).

Is Inkling free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.95 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Inkling, and what is it best at?›

#74 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #54 of 132 in Coding, #84 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #83 of 195 in Writing & Language, #60 of 124 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Reasoning, Science, Knowledge.

Is Inkling better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?›

On MLCR-AA, Inkling scores 12.2 vs 14.4 — lower.

How can I use Inkling?›

Through the API of DeepInfra, Together.

What is the context window of Inkling?›

256K tokens.

When was Inkling released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-07-15. It is the current version in its line.

Is Inkling open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run Inkling locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

Can Inkling read images?›

It accepts text and images, audio as input.

What is Inkling?›

Inkling is an open-weights language model from Thinking Machines, released Jul 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Inkling?›

Claude Haiku 5.5 (cheaper), Muse Glimmer 30B (better), GLM 5.3 Flash (open weights).