FlagshipOpen SourceThinking Machines Lab
Inkling
Inkling by Thinking Machines Lab — compare inference API pricing across providers.
Context 1.0M
Tier Flagship
Tools Supported
License Open Source
Modalities text, image, audio
Input from
$0.500 / 1M tokens
across 4 providers
API Pricing
Cheapest on OpenRouter — 43% below avg| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.500 | $2.02 | $0.085 | |
| $0.950 | $4.05 | $0.160 | |
| $0.950 | $4.05 | $0.160 | |
| $1.00 | $4.05 | - | |
| $1.00 | $4.05 | - |
Prices updated daily. Last check: Aug 16, 2026
Inkling pricing by provider
Input, output, and batch rates, plus alternatives, for one provider at a time.
Performance & Benchmarks
Source: Artificial Analysis →Intelligence
42.3 / 100
Coding
52.1 / 100
Output Speed
81.8 t/s
Latency (TTFT)
2.1s
Reasoning & Knowledge
- GPQA Diamond87.2%
- Humanity's Last Exam31.9%
Coding
- SciCode46.1%
Agentic & Tool Use
- Terminal-Bench v2.155.1%
- τ-bench Banking29.1%
Instruction & Long Context
- Long-Context Reasoning73.3%
Benchmarks measured Aug 2026. Scores are independent evaluations, not vendor-reported.
Model Details
General
- Creator
- Thinking Machines Lab
- Family
- Inkling
- Tier
- Flagship
- Context Window
- 1.0M
- Modalities
- Text, Image, Audio
Capabilities
- Tool Calling
- Yes
- Open Source
- Yes
- Aliases
- thinkingmachines/inkling, thinkingmachines/Inkling, Inkling