Thinkingmachines vs Xingchen Agi

Thinkingmachines lists 6 models and Xingchen Agi 1. Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.

At a glance

ThinkingmachinesXingchen Agi
Models listed61
Models with published pricing61
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$1.22n/a
Cheapest paid modelThinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64)n/a
Longest contextThinking Machines: Inkling (free) (1.0M)XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) (262K)
Free models21
Newest modelThinking Machines: Inkling Small (2026-07-30)XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) (2026-10-16)
Price changes in the last 90 days80

What each costs for real workloads

For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.

Workload (per month)ThinkingmachinesXingchen Agi
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$57.75 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Smallno suitable model
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$66.00 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Smallno suitable model
Coding / tool-using agent
2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context
$68.40 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Smallno suitable model
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$43.20 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Smallno suitable model
Long-document analysis
500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass
$23.70 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Smallno suitable model

Cheapest model for each capability

You needThinkingmachinesXingchen Agi
Any modelThinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64)none listed
With tool callingThinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64)none listed
With image inputThinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64)none listed
With reasoning modeThinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64)none listed
128K+ contextThinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64)none listed
1M+ contextnone listednone listed

Line-up by type and price tier

Model typeThinkingmachinesXingchen Agi
text+image+audio->text60
text->text01
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)ThinkingmachinesXingchen Agi
Free21
Under $0.5000
$0.50 – $340
$3 – $1000
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

Is Thinkingmachines better than Xingchen Agi?

It depends on the job: Thinkingmachines offers the broader line-up (6 models vs 1), Thinkingmachines the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.

Which has more models, Thinkingmachines or Xingchen Agi?

Thinkingmachines: Thinkingmachines lists 6 models and Xingchen Agi lists 1.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Thinkingmachines: Thinkingmachines's longest is Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) at 1.0M tokens; Xingchen Agi's is XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) at 262K.

Do Thinkingmachines or Xingchen Agi offer free models?

Thinkingmachines: 2 free models (e.g. Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)). Xingchen Agi: 1 free model (e.g. XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)).

Which provider has models that can read images?

Thinkingmachines: 6 of 6 models accept images. Xingchen Agi: 0 of 1.

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