Inkling 2 Small Tops Open-Weights on DesignArena with Elo 1376, 15x Cheaper Than Kimi K3
SonglinYang4 · x · 2026-11-06
Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small takes 4th place overall on the DesignArena frontend leaderboard with an Elo of 1376, ranking 1st among open-weights models.
- Priced at $0.30/$1.00 per 1M input/output tokens — 15x cheaper on output than Kimi K3
- Ranks 1st in the General Purpose and Landing Page subcategories
- Model weights to be released soon
Per the leaderboard chart, it sits just behind Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra, and Muse Wonder, ahead of closed models like GPT-6.1 Sol and Kimi K3.1 Pro.
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