Deprecated on Sep 14, 2026. 5 providers still list it at the prices below.
Context
1M
Max output
33K
Serving providers
5
Cheapest input
$0.45 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.
Benchmarks
independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face leaderboardsSpeed & latency
Output speed
179 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
2.20s
latency
Headline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
| Benchmark | Best score | Effort | Cost / task | |||||||||||||||||
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| Aa Analyst Agent | 0.3 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| AIME 2026 | 96% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Automation Bench | 0.0 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| CritPt | 8% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| EvalComputeProxyFrozen Aug 18, 2026 | 481.0 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| GDPval v2Frozen Aug 18, 2026 | 1268.2 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| GPQA Diamond | 89% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Lab | 0 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Humanity's Last Exam | 33% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Long-Context Reasoning | 76% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Omniscience | -8.9 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Omniscience Accuracy | 0.3 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Omniscience Non Hallucination | 0.4 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| SciCode | 50% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| SWE-bench Pro | 56% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Terminal Bench40 | 0.0 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| TerminalBench v2.1 | 55% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| τ-bench Banking | 19% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Sep 9, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Aug 18, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Pricing by serving provider
standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expandInput pricing runs from $0.45 to $0.50 per 1M tokens across 5 providers, so the dearest route costs 11% more than the cheapest for the same model.
| Serving provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Endpoints | |||||||||||||
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| DeepInfraCheapest | $0.45 | $1.20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Standarddeepinfra/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small
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| OpenRouter | $0.45 | $1.20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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| VercelVercel reseller quote | $0.45 | $1.20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Standardthinkingmachines/inkling-small
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| Baseten | $0.50 | $1.20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Standardbaseten/thinkingmachines/inkling-small
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| Together AI | $0.50 | $1.20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Standardtogether_ai/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small
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| OpenRouter (batch) | $0.50 | $1.20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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| OpenRouter (free) | Free tier only | — | 1 | |||||||||||||
Freethinkingmachines/inkling-small:free
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Price history
listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens Input Output
Input down 10% since first tracked
Cost calculator
estimate your monthly spend on this model$186
estimated / month
Model IDs
copy the exact identifier for your platformthinkingmachines/inkling-small:freethinkingmachines/inkling-smalldeepinfra/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Smallthinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/inkling-small:batchtogether_ai/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Smallbaseten/thinkingmachines/inkling-small
Frequently asked questions
Inkling Small pricing, context and availabilityIs Inkling Small still available?
Inkling Small was deprecated on 2026-09-14, but 5 serving providers still list it.
How much does Inkling Small cost?
Inkling Small costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens from DeepInfra, and $1.20 per 1M output tokens from Baseten. Across 5 serving providers, input prices range from $0.45 to $0.50 per 1M tokens.
What is the context window of Inkling Small?
Inkling Small accepts up to 1M tokens of context and can return up to 33K output tokens.
Which providers serve Inkling Small?
Inkling Small is available from 5 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. DeepInfra is currently the cheapest.
What can Inkling Small do?
Inkling Small supports image input (vision), tool use, reasoning, prompt caching and structured output.
Other Thinking Machines models
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