# Inkling 2 Small ranks fourth overall on DesignArena, first among open-weights models

> Original title: BREAKING: Inkling 2 Small by @thinkymachines takes 4th place overall on DesignArena and is 1st place among open weights models with an El...

- Source: Design Arena
- Published: 2026-11-05T23:47:33.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/hn5d7wni2obvhsux9hyt0p2ca
- Original: https://x.com/DesignArena/status/2118490433420685380

## Summary

DesignArena says Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small placed fourth overall on its leaderboard with an Elo of 1376, and first among open-weights models. The post says the model costs $0.30/$1.00 per 1M input/output tokens, which it calls 15× cheaper on output than Kimi K3, and that it also ranks first in the General Purpose and Landing Page subcategories. The quoted Thinking Machines post says the model scores 31 on the AA Intelligence Index and is available for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker, with full weight release planned soon.

## Post

BREAKING: Inkling 2 Small by @thinkymachines takes 4th place overall on DesignArena and is 1st place among open weights models with an Elo of 1376!

At $0.30/$1.00 per 1M input/output tokens, Inkling 2 Small is 15× cheaper on output than Kimi K3 by @Kimi_Moonshot. This model also places 1st on 2 of our subcategories including General Purpose and Landing Page prompts. Model weights to be released soon.

A huge congrats to the @thinkymachines team on a top-5 placement on the leaderboard!

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## Quoted post @thinkymachines

> Introducing Inkling 2 Small. Scoring 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, it's a big jump over its predecessor.
> 
> Inkling 2 Small is available for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker today, with full weight release planned soon.
> 
> https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-2-small

https://x.com/thinkymachines/status/2118489527362912566