#30 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small
high- Cost
- $0.006
- Time
- 34.7s
- Tokens
- 4,735 tok
Thinkingmachines
Release: 2026-08-01
Tested on: 2026-08-01 13:02
thinkingmachines/inkling-small::high
Summary
Inkling Small scores 8.4 on AI BENCHY and ranks #30. It has 10.0 reliability, a 69.7% pass rate, $0.416 total cost, and 31.70s average response time.
What makes Inkling Small unique: It uses unusually many reasoning tokens, which can help explain its slower or more expensive runs.
8.4
Consistency
9.2
10.0
$0.416
Total Output Tokens
310,388
Total Input Tokens
85,660
Input Price
$0.500 / 1M
Output Price
$1.200 / 1M
Flaky tests
2
Flaky tests had mixed outcomes across runs (at least one pass and one fail).
Hamster playing table tennis
Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.
Price History
Historical pricing data for this model from OpenRouter.
| Date | Input Price | Output Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 13:27 | $0.500 / 1M | $1.200 / 1M |
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Score | Consistency | Tests Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-AI Tricks | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Coding | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Combined | 9.9 | 10.0 | |
| Data parsing and extraction | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Domain specific | 5.3 | 10.0 | |
| General Intelligence | 5.3 | 10.0 | |
| Instructions following | 9.8 | 10.0 | |
| Puzzle Solving | 4.8 | 4.4 | |
| Tool Calling | 3.0 | 10.0 | |
| Trivia | 3.0 | 10.0 |