Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is Google’s frontier reasoning model, delivering enhanced software engineering performance, improved agentic reliability, and more efficient token usage across complex workflows. Building on the multimodal foundation.…
Model details →Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Thinking Machines: Inkling
Thinking Machines: Inkling wins on 2 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 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Thinking Machines: Inkling | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1.0M | 1.0M | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $1.00 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $12.00 | $4.05 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Thinking Machines: Inkling?
Thinking Machines: Inkling wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Thinking Machines: Inkling?
Input: $2.00 vs $1.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.00 vs $4.05 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Thinking Machines: Inkling support?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview supports up to 1.0M tokens. Thinking Machines: Inkling supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Thinking Machines: Inkling support tool calling?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: yes. Thinking Machines: Inkling: yes.
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