Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) vs Thinking Machines: Inkling
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) by Google AI against Thinking Machines: Inkling by Thinking Machines, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 20 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Thinking Machines: Inkling
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Thinking Machines: Inkling has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
5.7× cheaper
Output
$3.50
1.2× cheaper
Thinking Machines: Inkling
Input
$1.00
Output
$4.05
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) is cheaper on both — 5.7× input, 1.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
48%
Thinking Machines: Inkling uses 3.9x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Thinking Machines: Inkling
53%Vocabulary57%
14wSentence Length19w
0.38Hedging0.30
4.4Bold5.0
4.1Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.04
0.00Headings0.49
0.24Transitions0.06
Based on 7 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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