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o1 vs Inkling

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 12 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

o1
OpenAI · profile
Inkling
Thinkingmachines · profile
Results compared
12
Shared sources
3

o1 or Inkling? The short answer

  • Inkling is cheaper: $1.72 against $26.25 per million tokens, 15 times less.
  • Inkling scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 25.0 against 15.2.
  • On our business benchmarks, Inkling ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

At a glance

o1Inkling
Price per million tokens$15.00 in · $60.00 out$0.95 in · $4.05 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$26.25$1.72
Cheapest host, blended–$1.72 (DeepInfra, FP8)
Intelligence Index15.225.0
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second–166
Context window200,000 tokens524,288 tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Developer based inthe USthe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseo1Inkling
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls not measured 56 of 161
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects not measured 45 of 51
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 126 of 195 64 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 74 of 187 59 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 86 of 153 75 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetrico1Inkling
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3701,444
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3811,384
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4021,474
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4071,427
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4021,442
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3981,403
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 39.752.1
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 15.225.0
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 74.7%87.2%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 7.0%31.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 65.0%77.3%
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)reportedCorrect answers% of questions 41.1%40.3%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is o1 better than Inkling?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Inkling ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

Which is cheaper, o1 or Inkling?

Inkling costs $1.72 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $26.25 for o1.

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