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Inkling Small (batch)

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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...

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Input / 1M tokens
$0.50
Output / 1M tokens
$1.20
Record updated 2026-10-05
Modality:LLM
Context:524,288 tokens
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Unified API Router
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$0.50
$1.20
524k context · 472k max output

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❓Inkling Small (batch) Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Inkling Small (batch) cost per 1M tokens?▼

Inkling Small (batch) is priced at $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.10/1M on openrouter. Check provider terms before deployment.

What is the context window for Inkling Small (batch)?▼

Inkling Small (batch) supports up to 524,288 tokens context with a max completion limit of 471,859 tokens.

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