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 vs Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small 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 Small | Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 524K | 1M | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.50 | $5.00 | 🏆 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.20 | $25.00 | 🏆 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 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small better than Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small 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 and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest?
Input: $0.50 vs $5.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.20 vs $25.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Thinking Machines: Inkling Small and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest support?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small supports up to 524K tokens. Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both Thinking Machines: Inkling Small and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest support tool calling?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small: yes. Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest: yes.
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