Inkling Small vs LongCat 2.0
Which is better for the money: Inkling Small by Thinking Machines or LongCat 2.0 by LongCat? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Inkling Small
LongCat 2.0 vs Inkling Small: 25.7% less intelligence, 126.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 180.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Inkling Small | LongCat 2.0 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.7 | 19.1 | −25.7% LongCat 2.0 is 25.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $240.85 | $544.74 | +126.2% LongCat 2.0 is 2.3× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.68s | 35.51s | +180.0% LongCat 2.0 is 180.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.75 / $2.95 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Inkling Small is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- LongCat 2.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
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