Thinking Machines language model
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small is Thinking Machines' second-generation 594B-total, 17B-active mixture-of-experts model with image input. its weights are closed for now; the lab plans an Apache 2.0 release. on octomind it is served only through Tinker.
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price
input tokens
output tokens
cached input
per 1M tokens. octomind bills the listed provider price, with no markup, on every plan, including the free one (pay as you go from credits).
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what real work costs
| workload | cost |
|---|---|
| one chat reply 3,000 tokens in, 500 out | $0.0014 |
| summarise a 100-page report 50,000 tokens in, 1,500 out, one request | $0.02 |
| 1,000 classification calls 500 tokens in, 20 out, per call | $0.17 |
| coding-agent session 2M tokens in across ~60 turns, 60,000 out, no cache | $0.66 |
| same session, cached 85% of input read from the prompt cache, the rest written to it | $0.20 |
at the listed rate. token counts are typical sizes, not measurements.
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specs
- provider
- Thinking Machines
- context window
- 256k tokens — ≈ 380 pages of prose or 26,000 lines of code
- input
- text, images
- output
- text
- structured output
- no
- reasoning mode
- yes
- prompt caching
- yes — cache hits at $0.03/M
- weights
- closed
- released
- November 5, 2026
- status
- live
- model id
inkling-2-small
integration notes
- it reasons by default; chain-of-thought can be disabled through a renderer or argument.
- the lab ran its published evaluations at effort 0.99 (xhigh) and temperature 1.0.
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benchmarks
as published by the maker; not measured by octomind.
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when to pick it
pick it if
- want the lowest-priced Inkling on octomind, below Inkling Small on both input and output
- need adjustable reasoning effort, with chain-of-thought you can switch off
- work on long agent runs: the lab trained it with a 256K window plus compaction
skip it if
- you need open weights today; the lab has not released them yet
- you need audio input; Inkling 2 Small takes text and images only
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where it sits on price
blended price $0.475/M at 3 input tokens per output token: 12 live language models cost less, 31 cost more.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash $0.262/M
- GPT-OSS 120B $0.45/M
- Inkling 2 Small $0.475/M
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.525/M
- MiniMax M3 $0.525/M
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use Inkling 2 Small in octomind
one octohub login reaches every model in the catalog. pick this one per run, per session, or as your default.
octomind login
octomind run -m octohub:inkling-2-small/model octohub:inkling-2-small[model]
name = "octohub:inkling-2-small"08
compare Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling Small
- Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling
- Inkling 2 Small vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- Inkling 2 Small vs MiniMax M3
- Inkling 2 Small vs MiMo V2.6 Pro
- Inkling 2 Small vs Qwen3.7 Plus
- Inkling 2 Small vs GLM-5.3 Flash
- Inkling 2 Small vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- Inkling 2 Small vs GPT-OSS 120B
- Inkling 2 Small vs Beam
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similar models
nearest live models by listed input price.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.3/M input
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.3/M input
- MiniMax M3 $0.3/M input
- GPT-OSS 120B $0.35/M input
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Inkling 2 Small faq
how much does Inkling 2 Small cost?
Inkling 2 Small lists at $0.3/M input, $1/M output, $0.03/M cached input per 1M tokens. a typical coding-agent session (2M tokens in, 60,000 out) comes to $0.66, or $0.20 when 85% of the input is read from the prompt cache. octomind bills the listed provider price, with no markup, on every plan, including the free one (pay as you go from credits).
what is the context window of Inkling 2 Small?
256k tokens, ≈ 380 pages of prose or 26,000 lines of code.
does Inkling 2 Small accept images?
yes. it takes text and images as input and returns text.
is Inkling 2 Small open source?
no. Inkling 2 Small is a closed-weights model, available only through Thinking Machines's api and hosted gateways such as octohub.
when was Inkling 2 Small released?
November 5, 2026, by Thinking Machines.
is Inkling 2 Small free?
no. Inkling 2 Small bills per token at $0.3/M input, $1/M output, $0.03/M cached input per 1M. octomind's free plan reaches it pay as you go from credits, so you pay only for the tokens you use, at the provider price. credits carry a 3% top-up fee.
how do i use Inkling 2 Small in octomind?
run octomind login once, then octomind run -m octohub:inkling-2-small. inside a running session, /model octohub:inkling-2-small switches to it without losing context.
use Inkling 2 Small in octomind
choose a model when you start, then switch mid-session when the work changes.