# Inkling 2 Small release · 2026-11-05 · snapshot 2026-11-06

Creator: Thinking Machines · 1 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkling 2 Small | Text, Image | 30.60 | $792 | 20.9s | no | `inkling-2-small` |

## Launch day (2026-11-05)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 1
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 24 releases this past year did
- Inkling 2 Small missed: 7.6 points below GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) at 4.16× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-11-06T15:27:18Z. Intelligence index version: v5. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes.