Inkling Small Free model profile
Evidence snapshot:
Inkling Small is a Thinkingmachines model profile with a 1,048,576-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text, image, audio modalities and interfaces for audio input, reasoning controls, text generation, tool calling, vision.
Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of the Inkling family and is suited for reasoning, coding, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, instruction following, and multilingual conversation.
Inkling Small Free is a reference profile: Thinkingmachines publishes it, Kendr documents it for comparison, and it carries no Kendr alias to call.
Inkling Small Free is an independent knowledge profile. It does not claim that Kendr hosts the model, quote a Kendr customer price, promise API availability, or advertise a Kendr routing receipt.
Inkling Small Free accepts text, image, and audio and returns text. The snapshot records audio input, reasoning controls, text generation, tool calling, and vision as capabilities or interfaces.
No comparable unit price is present in the 2026-09-06 snapshot. A zero placeholder is not presented as a free-price claim.
The 2026-09-06 snapshot includes 2 Artificial Analysis indexes and AutoExacto results for 4 provider observations. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable.
Inkling Small Free ranked #73 in the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset as of 2026-09-06. Observed within the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset; this is not global AI market share.
Profile data was reviewed for the 2026-09-06 snapshot. Claims retain their source dates, and unavailable fields are shown as unavailable instead of estimated.
Profile facts
- Profile type
- Model research profile
- Provider or publisher
- Thinkingmachines
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Snapshot date
- 2026-09-06
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not disclosed
- Reference catalog ID
- thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free
When to pick Inkling Small Free
Inkling Small Free is a reference profile: Thinkingmachines publishes it, Kendr documents it for comparison, and it carries no Kendr alias to call.
Each condition below is derived from this model's own values in the 2026-09-06 snapshot, compared only against models publishing the same field.
- Reach for it when cost is the binding constraint. At $0 in and $0 out per 1M tokens, combined token price sits in the cheapest quarter of the 146 models publishing both rates in this snapshot.
- Reach for it when a whole corpus has to fit in one prompt. The 1.05M-token context window is in the top quarter of the 163 models publishing a limit here, so long documents can go in whole rather than chunked.
- Reach for it when the input includes images. The snapshot records image input, so screenshots, scans, and diagrams can be sent directly instead of described.
- Reach for it when the input is speech. The snapshot records audio input, so recordings can go to this route rather than being transcribed first.
- Look elsewhere when you need to call it through Kendr today. This is a research reference profile with no Kendr alias. The facts and evidence here are published for comparison; the model is not routable on Kendr.
Context, modalities, and identity
Inkling Small Free accepts text, image, and audio and returns text. The snapshot records audio input, reasoning controls, text generation, tool calling, and vision as capabilities or interfaces.
- Provider or publisher
- Thinkingmachines
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Maximum output
- 262,144 tokens
- Input modalities
- text, image, and audio
- Output modalities
- text
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not disclosed
Model overview
Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of the Inkling family and is suited for reasoning, coding, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, instruction following, and multilingual conversation.
- Reference model ID
- thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free
- Canonical version
- thinkingmachines/inkling-small-20260730
- Hugging Face ID
- thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small
Capabilities and supported controls
Capabilities and parameters are reported from the dated catalog and source records; their presence does not guarantee identical behavior across every provider route.
- Supported parameters
- frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, seed, stop, temperature, tools, top_p
- audio input
- reasoning controls
- text generation
- tool calling
- vision
Dated pricing snapshot
No comparable unit price is present in the 2026-09-06 snapshot. A zero placeholder is not presented as a free-price claim.
These are dated third-party reference prices, not Kendr prices or an availability offer. Routes, tiers, caching, region, and provider policy can change the landed price.
- Price date
- 2026-09-06
- Input
- No verified rate
- Cached input
- No verified rate
- Output
- No verified rate
Provider routes, performance, and uptime
The snapshot retains 1 provider endpoint. Provider prices, context limits, p50 performance, and uptime can differ by route and are not Kendr guarantees.
- Active provider endpoints
- 1
- Best p50 latency
- 1.14 s
- Best p50 throughput
- 104 tok/s
- Availability with routing
- 99.94% over the sampled window
- Availability without routing
- 99.94% over the sampled window
- Performance date
- 2026-09-06
| Provider | Quantization | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Context | p50 latency | p50 throughput | Uptime (1d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinking Machines | nvfp4 | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | No verified rate | 1,048,576 tokens | 1.14 s | 104 tok/s | 99.99% |
Benchmark evidence and limitations
The 2026-09-06 snapshot includes 2 Artificial Analysis indexes and AutoExacto results for 4 provider observations. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable.
Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source.
- Coding Index
- 52.9
- Agentic Index
- 25.1
- AutoExacto coverage
- 4 provider observations over 32 days
AutoExacto provider benchmarks
Rolling provider observations from the cited third-party benchmark view. The lookback is 32 days; GPQA Diamond and TAU-Bench Airline measure different abilities and should not be blended into one score.
| Provider | GPQA Diamond | TAU-Bench Airline | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto-routing | 86.44% | 62.4% | 3 |
| Baseten | 86.67% | — | 4 |
| DeepInfra | 86.55% | 60.26% | 4 |
| Together | 87.31% | 65.3% | 4 |
Popularity and market context
Inkling Small Free ranked #73 in the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset as of 2026-09-06. Observed within the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset; this is not global AI market share.
- Third-party catalog rank
- #73
- Global market share
- Not inferred
- Observation date
- 2026-09-06
Frequently asked questions
When should I use Inkling Small Free?
Inkling Small Free is a reference profile: Thinkingmachines publishes it, Kendr documents it for comparison, and it carries no Kendr alias to call. Reach for it when cost is the binding constraint: At $0 in and $0 out per 1M tokens, combined token price sits in the cheapest quarter of the 146 models publishing both rates in this snapshot. Reach for it when a whole corpus has to fit in one prompt: The 1.05M-token context window is in the top quarter of the 163 models publishing a limit here, so long documents can go in whole rather than chunked. Reach for it when the input includes images: The snapshot records image input, so screenshots, scans, and diagrams can be sent directly instead of described. Reach for it when the input is speech: The snapshot records audio input, so recordings can go to this route rather than being transcribed first. Look elsewhere when you need to call it through Kendr today: This is a research reference profile with no Kendr alias. The facts and evidence here are published for comparison; the model is not routable on Kendr.
What is Inkling Small Free?
Inkling Small is a Thinkingmachines model profile with a 1,048,576-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text, image, audio modalities and interfaces for audio input, reasoning controls, text generation, tool calling, vision.
What context window does Inkling Small Free have?
The dated profile lists 1,048,576 tokens of context and up to 262,144 output tokens. Provider routes, variants, and runtime configuration can impose lower effective limits.
What benchmark evidence is available for Inkling Small Free?
The 2026-09-06 snapshot includes 2 Artificial Analysis indexes and AutoExacto results for 4 provider observations. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable. Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source.
Is Inkling Small Free available through Kendr?
This is an independent knowledge profile, not a Kendr-hosted availability claim. Check Kendr's live public model API for currently enabled Kendr aliases.
Does the popularity rank represent Inkling Small Free's global market share?
Inkling Small Free ranked #73 in the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset as of 2026-09-06. Observed within the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset; this is not global AI market share. No global market-share percentage is inferred when the source does not publish one.
Sources and evidence dates
- Inkling Small third-party catalog record (catalog, checked 2026-09-06)
- Third-party model catalog methodology (methodology, checked 2026-09-06)
- Artificial Analysis capability indices methodology (benchmark, checked 2026-09-06)
- Inkling Small third-party catalog record (benchmark, checked 2026-09-06)