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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Thinking Machines: Inkling

Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) leads on average score with 8.3 vs 8.0. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.922 vs $1.006. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) is faster at 12.52s vs 64.16s, with pass rates of 80.3% vs 77.3%.

Recommended modelClaude Sonnet 5 (medium)It has the best score here (8.3), while responding about 5.1x faster than Inkling (high).

Last updated at: 2026-07-22

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 medium Release: 2026-06-30 Inkling Inkling high Release: 2026-07-18
Score 8.3 8.0
Rank #26 #32
Reliability 10.0 9.8
Consistency 9.0 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 80.3% 77.3%
Flaky tests 3 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 5.760 6.704
Total Cost $0.922 $1.006
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $1.000 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $4.050 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 145,956 86,746
Output Tokens 52,333 6,055
Reasoning Tokens 10,874 220,791
Response Time (avg) 12.52s 64.16s
Response Time (max) 66.71s 327.51s
Response Time (total) 275.42s 1411.59s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#26 Claude Sonnet 5

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
6.4s
Tokens
832 tok

#32 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 5 9.0 7.9 88.9% 1 17.28s 10,590 13,153 2,379
Inkling 8.5 10.0 66.7% 0 148.36s 7,374 430 78,982

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