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 →Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) vs Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
MiMo-V2-Omni is a frontier omni-modal model that natively processes image, video, and audio inputs within a unified architecture. It combines strong multimodal perception with agentic capability - visual grounding, multi-step planning, tool…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.40 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $2.00 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) |
| 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 Small (free) better than Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) 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 Small (free) and Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) and Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni support?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) supports up to 262K tokens. Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) and Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni support tool calling?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free): yes. Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni: yes.