Inkling-Small is an open-weights model from Thinking Machines, released July 15, 2026. It has an ECI score of 150 and ranks 44th of 249 tracked models. At the time of its release, it ranked 29th of 232 tracked models.
| Domain | Benchmark | Inkling-Small | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ECI scoreBest score 166 | 150 | 150 | 151 | 147 | |
| Ranking | #44 | #46 | #41 | #58 | |
| Games | Chess PuzzlesBest score 72% | ||||
Mystery Game PuzzlesBest score 84% | |||||
| Mathematics | FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)Best score 94% | ||||
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2)Best score 98% | |||||
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025Best score 100% | |||||
| Science | SciCodeBest score 62% | ||||
GPQA DiamondBest score 96% | |||||
| Software engineering | Text Arena (Coding)Best score 1797 | 1402 | 1473 | 1604 | — |
| World knowledge | SimpleQA VerifiedBest score 76% |