Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small ranks high on Arena and DesignArena leaderboards

1. 6:55 PM
   Arena.ai@arenaOfficial

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

   AIArena 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.

   
2. 6:47 PM
   DesignArena@DesignArenaOfficial

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

   AIDesignArena 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.

   

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