Inkling Small
The direct-answer version of Thinking Machines' 276B-parameter open-weights multimodal Mixture-of-Experts model with 12B active parameters. It accepts text and images, and is designed for coding, tool use, instruction following, and general conversational work.
- Vision
- Audio Input
- Tool Calling
Added Jul 31, 2026
Model weightsPricing
Auto routing · per 1M tokens- Input
- $0.45
- Output
- $1.20
- Cache read
- $0.10
Specifications
- Context window
- 524.3K
- Max output
- 32.8K
- Parameters
- 276B / 12B
- Total / active
- Avg output (7d)
- 645 tokens
- Longer than 52% of models
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Sourced from LMArena.
Arena Score
1405.2
Overall Rank
#160 / 420
Votes
37,677
Confidence Interval
1400.7 - 1409.7
Category Scores
Coding
#125 / 415
10,215 votes
1472.4
Math
#75 / 404
1,718 votes
1450.8
Longer Query
#176 / 398
17,552 votes
1400.3
Creative Writing
#218 / 418
8,168 votes
1318.9
Instruction Following
#157 / 420
13,668 votes
1396.5
Hard Prompts
#154 / 420
24,573 votes
1427.5
Additional Categories22
Japanese
#110 / 288
616 votes
1381.7
Polish
#126 / 244
567 votes
1409.6
Industry Mathematical
#127 / 401
2,031 votes
1429.9
Industry Software And It Services
#131 / 420
14,498 votes
1458.0
Korean
#131 / 288
620 votes
1359.4
Spanish
#132 / 303
1,173 votes
1411.4
French
#133 / 300
1,241 votes
1429.5
Expert
#134 / 370
4,241 votes
1441.4
Multi Turn
#145 / 418
5,844 votes
1414.1
German
#149 / 320
652 votes
1386.4
Industry Business And Management And Financial Operations
#150 / 413
6,948 votes
1409.4
Chinese
#152 / 394
2,973 votes
1435.5
Hard Prompts English
#155 / 418
9,903 votes
1435.6
Exclude Ties
#160 / 420
27,969 votes
1388.8
English
#161 / 420
15,092 votes
1416.4
Non English
#162 / 420
22,584 votes
1389.7
Industry Life And Physical And Social Science
#164 / 418
6,192 votes
1417.1
Russian
#164 / 384
4,708 votes
1390.4
Industry Legal And Government
#184 / 392
3,226 votes
1395.4
Industry Medicine And Healthcare
#186 / 390
2,693 votes
1402.3
Industry Entertainment And Sports And Media
#195 / 418
9,847 votes
1338.9
Industry Writing And Literature And Language
#201 / 419
10,647 votes
1347.3
Published 2026-11-08 · Matched as Inkling-Small
LMArena DatasetProviders
Choose or restrict providers with the API. Provider-selection prices include the selection markup. Provider selection guide · Pricing API (JSON, USD per 1K tokens)
| $0.45 | $1.20 | $0.10 | N/A | N/A | |
| $0.45 | $1.20 | $0.10 | N/A | N/A | |
| $0.472 | $1.26 | $0.105 | 2s | 45 tps | |
| $0.496 | $1.32 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Batch rows for this model use normal routing and cost the same as standard API requests. Set provider in a row to choose a provider.