Is Thinking Machines: Inkling Small or Inkling (256K) cheaper?

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $9.36 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Thinking Machines: Inkling Small or Inkling (256K)?

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small has the larger context window (524K tokens).

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small vs Inkling (256K)

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is cheaper on output tokens, while Thinking Machines: Inkling Small offers a larger context window. Choose Thinking Machines: Inkling Small or Inkling (256K) based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Thinking Machines: Inkling Small	Inkling (256K)
Provider	Thinking Machines	Thinking Machines
Input / 1M tokens	$0.45	$3.74
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$9.36
Context window	524K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	—	Yes
Released	—	Jul 2026

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