Thinking Machines
Inkling Small
- Released
- Jul 30, 2026
- Tracked since
- 2026-07-31
Intelligence index27.8Ranks 115 of 664 models with this metric
Coding index52.9Ranks 101 of 259 models with this metric
Agentic index—Not tested
Capability profile
5 axes vs. site averageInkling Small
Site average
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Pricing
per 1M tokens- Input
- $0.300
- Output
- $1.20
- Cache read
- $0.060
Performance
- Output throughput
- 205 tokens/sec
- Time to first token
- 2.58s
- First answer token
- 12.35s
- End-to-end response
- 14.79s
History
7Intelligence index
40.2→27.8
Output
Unchanged across 62 days of records
Output throughput
93→205
Cheaper at this level
Models with a comparable intelligence index and a lower output price- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
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