Inkling vs Solar Mini 4
API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.
thinkingmachines · A · Open weights
Params
952.4 B
Context
—
30d
1.4 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
upstage · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.05
Output / 1M
$0.20
AA index
24.1
proprietary · 524.3K context
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Inkling | Solar Mini 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | API-only (closed weights) |
| Parameters | 952.4 B | n/a — API-only |
| Architecture | InklingForConditionalGeneration | n/a — API-only |
| Context length | 524,288 | 524,288 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Per API terms |
| Languages | — | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads 30d | 1,422,701 | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads all time | 2.0 M | n/a — API-only |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | n/a — API-only |
| Gated | No | n/a — API-only |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-07-14 | n/a — API-only |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $1.00 | $0.05 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $4.05 | $0.20 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $5.05 | $0.25 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.17 | $0.005 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 25 | 24.1 |
| AA Coding Index | 52.1 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | 22.5 | — |
| Max output tokens | 471,859 | 131,072 |
| API providers | 1 | 1 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | Yes |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
Inkling
$5.05
Solar Mini 4
$0.25
Solar Mini 4 is 20.2× cheaper at list price.
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Inkling · fp16
2,238.6 GB / 24 GB