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Thinking Machines: Inkling Small – Benchmarks, Pricing & Intelligence Analysis

Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...

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Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is not currently available in LLMBase Chat or the LLMBase Inference API. Benchmarks, pricing, and model details remain available for research and comparison.

Input Price$0.45/1M tokens
Output Price$1.20/1M tokens
IntelligenceN/A
CodingN/A

Specifications

Technical details and pricing.

ProviderThinkingmachines
Context Window524,288 tokens
Release DateJul 30, 2026
ModalitiesText
CapabilitiesFunction Calling
AvailabilityNot available

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Thinking Machines: Inkling Small good for?

Use Thinking Machines: Inkling Small for everyday tasks like writing, summarizing, brainstorming, and getting clear explanations.

How much does Thinking Machines: Inkling Small cost?

Pricing is based on usage. Current rates are $0.45/1M tokens for input and $1.20/1M tokens for output.

Is Thinking Machines: Inkling Small available in LLMBase Chat yet?

Not yet on this page. We will add chat and inference actions automatically once an exact catalog entry exists for Thinking Machines: Inkling Small.

Does Thinking Machines: Inkling Small support images or audio?

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small focuses on text-based tasks.

Benchmarks and pricing use Artificial Analysis where available. Catalog specs are used as a fallback.