Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small Pricing, Benchmarks & Channels
Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small is a 2026-11-05 model from Thinking Machines featuring a 1M context window and extended reasoning capabilities. Lowest rate on OpenRouter ($0 in / $0 out per 1M tokens).
Input Price / 1M
$0
Output Price / 1M
$0
Cache Read / 1M
$0
Context Window
1M
Generation Speed
132 TPS
Access Grade
A · Global
F.A.R.E. Four-Dimension Score Breakdown
Scenario Capability Breakdown (0–100):
💻 Coding
82/100
✍️ Writing
82/100
📚 Long-Doc RAG
91/100
👁️ Vision OCR
80/100
F.A.R.E. CAPABILITY RADAR
Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small Multi-Platform Price Comparison (2 Verified Channels)
All prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Domestic developers can prioritize channels marked "Direct in CN" for compliant access and local billing.
| Platform / Gateway | Network Access | Input ($/1M) | Output ($/1M) | Cache Hit ($/1M) | Billing & Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter Lowest Price | Direct in CN | $0 | $0 | $0 | Free tier endpoint | Visit Official → |
| OpenRouter Free Tier (:free) | Direct in CN | $0 | $0 | $0 | OpenRouter Free Endpoint (:free) | Visit Official → |
✅ Core Strengths & Ideal Workloads
- Top-tier empirical capability score (83 index)
- Fast generation speed (~132 tokens/sec)
- Ultra-low token cost, ideal for high-volume batch workloads
⚠️ Limitations & Practical Caveats
- Frontier reasoning & agentic models (Inkling & Inkling 2 Small) available across OpenRouter, Together, and Nebius.
- Extended thinking generates internal reasoning tokens (~1.8x output multiplier)