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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Thinking Machines: Inkling

Inkling (high) leads on average score with 8.0 vs 7.8. Inkling (high) has the lower benchmark cost at $1.006 vs $2.057. Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium) is faster at 25.91s vs 64.16s, with pass rates of 66.7% vs 77.3%.

Recommended modelInkling (high)It has the best score here (8.0), while costing about 2.0x less than Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-20

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-17 Inkling Inkling high Release: 2026-07-18
Score 7.8 8.0
Rank #40 #28
Reliability 10.0 9.8
Consistency 9.2 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 66.7% 77.3%
Flaky tests 2 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 14.692 6.704
Total Cost $2.057 $1.006
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $1.000 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $4.050 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 106,292 86,746
Output Tokens 80,748 6,055
Reasoning Tokens 35,117 220,791
Response Time (avg) 25.91s 64.16s
Response Time (max) 140.96s 327.51s
Response Time (total) 362.78s 1411.59s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#40 Claude Sonnet 4.6

medium
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Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#28 Thinking Machines: Inkling

high
Cost
$0.005
Time
32.2s
Tokens
1,275 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.7 6.6 44.4% 1 33.29s 6,995 16,089 3,686
Inkling 8.5 10.0 66.7% 0 148.36s 7,374 430 78,982

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