GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model, offering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience. It is optimized for complex tasks that require step-by-step reasoning, instruction following, and accuracy...
Model details →OpenAI: GPT-5 vs Thinking Machines: Inkling Small
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | OpenAI: GPT-5 | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 400K | 524K | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $1.25 | $0.50 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $10.00 | $1.20 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| 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 OpenAI: GPT-5 better than Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between OpenAI: GPT-5 and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?
Input: $1.25 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $10.00 vs $1.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do OpenAI: GPT-5 and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small support?
OpenAI: GPT-5 supports up to 400K tokens. Thinking Machines: Inkling Small supports up to 524K tokens.
Do both OpenAI: GPT-5 and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small support tool calling?
OpenAI: GPT-5: yes. Thinking Machines: Inkling Small: yes.
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