GPT-6 Sol (Low) vs Inkling Small

Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Sol (Low) by OpenAI or Inkling Small by Thinking Machines? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6 Sol (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.20
Total cost: $269

Thinking MachinesInkling SmallOff the frontier

Intelligence: 25.70
Total cost: $241

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6 Sol (Low) scores 8.5 points higher (34.2 vs 25.7) but costs 1.1× as much to run the benchmark ($269 vs $241; both mid-range class). Pick GPT-6 Sol (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Inkling Small.

Metric	GPT-6 Sol (Low)	Inkling Small	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.2	25.7	−24.9% Inkling Small is 24.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$268.73	$240.85	−10.4% Inkling Small is 10.4% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	6.18s	12.68s	+105.2% Inkling Small is 105.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$0.30 / $1.20
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Speech

Inkling Small vs GPT-6 Sol (Low): 24.9% less intelligence, 10.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 105.2% slower end-to-end.

Open this matchup in the interactive picker GPT-6 Sol (Low): what beats it Inkling Small: what beats it

Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6 Sol (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
Inkling Small is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.

GPT-6 Sol (Low)Inkling SmallToday's Pareto frontierOpen-weights frontierEvery other model

Matchup

Compare something else

Agents: Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/gpt-6-sol-low/inkling-small · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/gpt-6-sol-low/inkling-small?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill