Inkling Small vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Inkling Small by Thinking Machines or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Inkling Small
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs Inkling Small: 10.9% less intelligence, 189.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 19.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Inkling Small | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.7 | 22.9 | −10.9% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 10.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $240.85 | $696.84 | +189.3% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 2.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.75s | 15.17s | +19.0% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 19.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.60 / $2.70 | |
| 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.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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