Inkling Small vs Solar Mini 4
Which is better for the money: Inkling Small by Thinking Machines or Solar Mini 4 by Upstage? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Inkling Small
Solar Mini 4 vs Inkling Small: 6.2% less intelligence, 108.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 116.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Inkling Small | Solar Mini 4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.7 | 24.1 | −6.2% Solar Mini 4 is 6.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $240.85 | $502.02 | +108.4% Solar Mini 4 is 2.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.68s | 27.46s | +116.6% Solar Mini 4 is 116.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.10 / $0.40 | |
| 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.
- Solar Mini 4 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
Inkling SmallSolar Mini 4Today'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/inkling-small/solar-mini4 · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/inkling-small/solar-mini4?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill