GPT-4o mini vs Inkling
Compare GPT-4o mini by OpenAI against Inkling by Thinking Machines, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Inkling
GPT-4o miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Inkling has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
GPT-4o mini is 6.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4o mini
Input
$0.15
6.7× cheaper
Output
$0.60
6.8× cheaper
Inkling
Input
$1.00
Output
$4.05
GPT-4o mini is cheaper on both — 6.7× input, 6.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
31%
Inkling uses 3.9x more emoji
GPT-4o mini
Inkling
54%Vocabulary57%
18wSentence Length19w
0.84Hedging0.30
3.8Bold5.0
3.3Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.04
1.03Headings0.49
0.23Transitions0.06
Based on 22 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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