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Inkling

Jul 2026
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$0.60per task?
$0.95 / $4.05per 1M in / out?
204 tok/sfirst token in 1.8 s?
256Kcontext

Rankingat xhigh effort?

Full ranking →
1Fable 598.51Opus 5.598.51Gemini 3.8 Flash98.51Gemini 4 Argon98.51GPT-6 Astra98.5
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38Inkling Small8439Inkling79.540GLM 5.277

Strong at

A
Reasoning#76 of 336Science#57 of 312Long context#78 of 314Knowledge#61 of 320
B
Coding#56 of 134Agents & work tasks#64 of 177Vision#61 of 125

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
CheaperGemini 3.8 Flashhigh+24%-13%*$3.49Sampling parameters are ignored+1BetterGPT-6 Lunamax+9%-88%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3OpenDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017high+19%-70%$0.30 / $1.20Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4CheaperGemini 3.6 Flashhigh+15%-13%*$1.60CheaperGLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+14%-86%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4

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#86
AA Omniscience Index2#61
AA Omniscience · Accuracy41.6#43
AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate67.7#129
Humanity's Last Exam31.9#76
GPQA Diamond87.2#57
AA-LCR (long context) 1.177.3#78
CritPt (physics)5.4#79
GDP.pdf · AA all-pass12.8#47
MLCR-AA6.1#74
GPQA Diamond · Epoch88.3#44
OTIS Mock AIME 2024 202588.9#50
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2)33.3#56
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2)4.9#52
SimpleQA Verified v140.3#43
Chess Puzzles21#50

FAQ

How much does Inkling cost?›

$0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.05 per 1M output tokens (cheapest host: DeepInfra). A typical benchmark task costs about $0.60 at xhigh effort.

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?›

#76 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #56 of 134 in Coding, #86 of 135 in Agents & Tool Use, #73 of 197 in Writing & Language, #61 of 125 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge.

Is Inkling better than Inkling Small?›

On ARC-AGI-1 · semi-private, Inkling scores 79.5 vs 84 — 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?›

Gemini 3.8 Flash (cheaper), GPT-6 Luna (better), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (open weights).