Thinking Machines: Inkling Small
budgetthinkingmachines/inkling-small
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...
AA INDEX25.7
CONTEXT524K
MODALITYtext+image+audio->text
OPENNESSProprietary
ADDEDAug 2026
LAST PRICED14 min ago
Input
$0.45 /M
Output
$1.20 /M
Blended (40/60)
$0.90 /M
Cost / IQ
$1.4031 /M
Cost / IQ = Blended Price ÷ (AA Intelligence Score ÷ 40). Normalises price by model intelligence so you can compare value across tiers. Lower = better value per unit of intelligence. Not a transactional price.
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Price History
30-day view, daily close
Low: $0.90/M
High: $0.92/M
Average: $0.90/M
Pricing Variants
Cached Input
$0.10/M
77.8% cheaper than standard
Batch (async)
$0.92/M
-2.2% cheaper than standard
In: $0.50/M · Out: $1.20/M
Provider Comparison
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| Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Blended $/M ↑ | vs Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓DeepInfra | $0.45 | $1.20 | $0.90 | median |
Blended price = 40% input + 60% output. Median price shown in header is the reference price for this model.
Cost / IQ Comparison
Cost / IQ (quality-adjusted $/M)$1.4031/M
Cost per GPT-4-equivalent token. Lower = better value. Comparable across all models.
At or below SIT TPI
Value Ranking (by Cost / IQ)
Rank #159 of 189 budget models
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API Access
# Get this model's current price
curl https://api.inferenceindexer.ai/v1/models/thinkingmachines/inkling-small
# Response (truncated)
{ "model_id": "thinkingmachines/inkling-small", "name": "Thinking Machines: Inkling Small", "blended_price_per_m": 0.9, "sit_adjusted_price": 1.403057 }