Inkling Small vs MiMo-V2.5
Which is better for the money: Inkling Small by Thinking Machines or MiMo-V2.5 by Xiaomi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Inkling Small scores 3.9 points higher (25.7 vs 21.8) but costs 3.9× as much to run the benchmark ($241 vs $61.9; both mid-range class). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Inkling Small when you need intelligence above 21.8, and MiMo-V2.5 when 21.8 is enough.
| Metric | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.7 | 21.8 | −15.2% MiMo-V2.5 is 15.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $240.85 | $61.93 | −74.3% MiMo-V2.5 is 74.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.67s | 41.73s | +229.4% MiMo-V2.5 is 229.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.13 / $0.27 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech | Text, Image |
MiMo-V2.5 vs Inkling Small: 15.2% less intelligence, 74.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 229.4% slower end-to-end.
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.
- MiMo-V2.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
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