Inkling Small

thinkingmachines/inkling-small

lightweight MoE reasoning at lower cost and latency.

cmd --model thinkingmachines/inkling-small

Intelligence index

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Output speed

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Input

$0.50 /M

Output

$1.20 /M

Cache read

$0.10 /M

Agent-loop cost

$0.22 /M in

Context window

1M tokens

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vs. the lineup

Inkling Small beside its stablemates and nearest rivals. The ◆ marks the best value in each column across every row shown.

pin a rival:

Model	Intelligence	Coding	Speed	Input $/M	Output $/M	Blended $/M	Context
MiniMax M3	44.4◆	58.6◆	90.3◆	$0.30◆	$1.20◆	$0.52◆	1M◆
Inkling	40.7◆	52.1◆	56.5◆	$1◆	$4.05◆	$1.76◆	256K◆
Step 3.7 Flash	30.3◆	39.6◆	399.5◆	$0.20◆	$1.15◆	$0.44◆	256K◆
Claude Haiku 4.5	23.7◆	—◆	101.3◆	$1◆	$5◆	$2◆	200K◆
Inkling Small ◆	—◆	—◆	—◆	$0.50◆	$1.20◆	$0.68◆	1M◆
DeepSeek V4 Propinned	44.3◆	59.4◆	70.9◆	$0.43◆	$0.87◆	$0.54◆	1M◆
DeepSeek V4 Flashpinned	40.3◆	56.2◆	122◆	$0.14◆	$0.28◆	$0.18◆	1M◆

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usage calculator

How far a month of credits goes on Inkling Small.

Input tokensfresh prompt

800

Output tokensmodel reply

180

Cache read tokensre-read context

50K

cost / request $0.0056 · in $0.50 · out $1.20 · cache $0.10 per M

fresh input 7%output 4%cache reads 89%

Requests / 30 days

1.8K

$10 credits ÷ $0.0056 per request

~356 quick fixes~71 bug fixes~12 feature PRs

what real work costs

Real coding tasks priced end to end on Inkling Small, from a quick lookup to a full-repo agent run.

One agent task

$0.05

180K in at 75% cache hit, 12K out

What you pay

$0.26 /M

all-in across every token that task touched

Sticker input

$0.50 /M

cache reads bill at $0.10 /M instead

Task	Tokens in · out	Inkling Small	MiniMax M3	Claude Haiku 4.5
Quick lookup / one-liner	8K · 1K	$0.0023	$0.0019	$0.0065
Review a 500-line PR	60K · 4K	$0.02	$0.01	$0.04
Fix a bug (agent loop)	180K · 12K	$0.05	$0.04	$0.12
Refactor a module	320K · 20K	$0.09	$0.06	$0.21
Full-repo agent run	900K · 45K	$0.22	$0.16	$0.49

frequently asked

What is Inkling Small best for?+

lightweight MoE reasoning at lower cost and latency.

How much does Inkling Small cost?+

$0.50/M input and $1.20/M output, cache reads $0.10/M. In an agent loop most input is cache-read, so the effective input rate is about $0.22/M.

Which plan do I need?+

Available on Go and above.

How do I switch to it?+

Run cmd --model thinkingmachines/inkling-small, or type /model in a session and pick it. You can switch mid-session without losing context.

Inkling→

multimodal MoE reasoning · $1/$4.05 per M

MiniMax M3→

frontier coding, agents & native multimodality · $0.30/$1.20 per M

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