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 →Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) vs Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest
Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
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Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) | Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 524K | 1M | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.50 | $2.00 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.02 | $10.00 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) |
| 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 Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) better than Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest?
Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) and Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest?
Input: $0.50 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.02 vs $10.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) and Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest support?
Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) supports up to 524K tokens. Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) and Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest support tool calling?
Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch): yes. Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: yes.
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