Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) vs Inkling Small
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) by Anthropic or Inkling Small by Thinking Machines? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
Inkling Small vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium): 25.5% less intelligence, 327.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 17.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) | Inkling Small | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.5 | 25.7 | −25.5% Inkling Small is 25.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $56.36 | $240.85 | +327.3% Inkling Small is 4.3× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.90s | 12.80s | +17.4% Inkling Small is 17.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.30 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Speech |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Inkling Small is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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