# Arena ranks Inkling 2 Small at 1654 points in Code Arena WebDev

> Original title: Exciting news: Inkling 2 Small by @thinkymachines has landed in Code Arena: WebDev with 1654 pts (AutoEval). Once its weights are release...

- Source: Arena
- Published: 2026-11-05T23:55:05.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/vca886coz891r4mptzwpz5kga
- Original: https://x.com/arena/status/2118492327887155680

## Summary

Arena says Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small scored 1654 points in Code Arena WebDev with AutoEval, ranking #20 overall and #4 among open models. The model is priced at $1.00 per 1M output tokens and $0.30 per 1M input tokens, and Arena says it would rank #1 among US open models once its weights are released.

## Post

Exciting news: Inkling 2 Small by @thinkymachines has landed in Code Arena: WebDev with 1654 pts (AutoEval). Once its weights are released, it would rank #1 among US open models!

This is +128 pts ahead of Meta’s Muse Spark Open at #2 (US open).

Inkling 2 Small would rank #4 among open models globally, and ranks #20 overall. This is +245 pt improvement over its previous variant, Inkling Small (#32 open with 1409 pts).

This model is priced at $1.00/1M output and $0.30/1M input. More info coming soon on its median cost per task in the Code Arena: WebDev, and results in the Agent Arena.

Congrats to the team at @thinkymachines on this release!

![](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FHWZkKSNbUAA28NA.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1794182400&sig=0399d52051adc5d5)

## 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