# Inkling Small release · 2026-07-30 · snapshot 2026-10-25

Creator: Thinking Machines · 1 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkling Small | Text, Image, Speech | 25.70 | $241 | 12.7s | no | `inkling-small` |

Open weights · on the open-weights frontier today: 0 of 1

## Launch day (2026-07-30)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 1
- Reached the open-weights frontier: 0 of 1
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did
- Inkling Small missed: 6.4 points below GPT-5.6 Luna (High) at 2.23× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-25T03:26:49Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. 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. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.