Aion-1.0-Mini 32B parameter model is a distilled version of the DeepSeek-R1 model, designed for strong performance in reasoning domains such as mathematics, coding, and logic. It is a modified variant of a FuseAI model that outperforms R1-D…
Model details →AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini vs Thinking Machines: Inkling
Thinking Machines: Inkling wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Inkling is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 41B active parameters out of 975B total. It is designed for general-purpose reasoning, coding, agentic and tool-use systems,...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini | Thinking Machines: Inkling | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 1.0M | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.70 | $1.00 | 🏆 AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.40 | $4.05 | 🏆 AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini better than Thinking Machines: Inkling?
Thinking Machines: Inkling wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini and Thinking Machines: Inkling?
Input: $0.70 vs $1.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.40 vs $4.05 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini and Thinking Machines: Inkling support?
AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini supports up to 131K tokens. Thinking Machines: Inkling supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini and Thinking Machines: Inkling support tool calling?
AionLabs: Aion-1.0-Mini: not advertised. Thinking Machines: Inkling: yes.