Inkling-Small hits Agent Arena: matches Inkling performance at half the price
simonguozirui · x · 2026-08-19
Thinkymachines released Inkling-Small, featuring 276B total parameters (12B active), delivering performance comparable to Inkling at a quarter of the size and a lower cost per task ($0.09 vs $0.20). On the Agent Arena leaderboard, it ranks #12 among open models with a -7.0% net-improvement score. Notably, it achieved the #1 spot in Bash Recovery among open models with an 11.0% net-improvement, surpassing Kimi K3 (Max) and the original Inkling.
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