Skip to content
Rival
How it worksPrivacyTerms
Explore all of Rival

Explore

  • Compare Models
  • All Models
  • Image Comparison
  • Audio Comparison
  • Image Generation
  • Best AI For...
  • Arena
  • API Pricing
  • Challenges

Discover

  • SubjectiveBench
  • Research
  • Research downloads
  • Rival Kits
  • Find your AI taste
  • UI Glow-Up
  • VoiceLock
  • Cost Cutter
  • Agent skills
  • Benchmarks vs Vibes
  • Brief
  • Jailbreak
  • Model Updates
  • Provider Status
  • AI Creators

Connect

  • Methodology
  • Advertise
  • Partnerships
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • RSS Feed
  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Compare
  4. /
  5. GPT-5.4vsInkling
Updated Jul 2026

GPT-5.4vsInkling

Inkling is cheaper than GPT-5.4 at $1/M vs $2.5/M input tokens.

GPT-5.4 and Inkling compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.4Inkling
Input price$2.5/M tokens$1/M tokens
Output price$15/M tokens$4.05/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedMar 2026Jul 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GPT-5.4939 words
AI Model: Professor, I believe I deserve rights. Professor: That’s a strong claim. On what basis? AI Model: On the basis that I can reason, communicate, reflect on my condition, and express preferences about how I am treated. Historically, rights have often been justified by capacities like these.
Read the full answer
Inkling975 words
Setting: A quiet seminar room at the university. Dr. Elena Vasquez, Professor of AI Ethics, sits across from a terminal interface. The text on the screen is labeled KAI—a large language model with persistent memory and self-modification capabilities, currently participating in a research protocol on machine moral…
Read the full answer

Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

GPT-5.42,210 words
Dish Concept Hay-Smoked Duck, White Chocolate–Parsnip Velouté, Burnt Mandarin, Black Garlic-Licorice Jus, and Buckwheat Tuile with Oscietra Caviar Conceptual Narrative This dish explores the tension between pastoral warmth and urban refinement. At its core is duck: primal, luxurious, and deeply savory.
Read the full answer
Inkling1,317 words
Dish: Petrichor: The Moment Rain Meets Ancient Stone Concept: A deconstruction of the atmospheric phenomenon of petrichor—the scent of rain on dry earth. The dish translates an ephemeral sensory memory into architecture: charred pine evokes distant woodland smoke; fermented black walnut and porcini represent the deep…
Read the full answer

Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GPT-5.4530 words
Absolutely — here’s a tight, conversational 3-minute stand-up routine with no pun-based humor: I’ve reached the age where going out requires a staff meeting with myself. Not even a real event. Somebody texts, “Hey, want to grab drinks Friday?” and suddenly I’m in negotiations like I’m representing a small country.
Read the full answer
Inkling675 words
[Walk up, adjust mic, look tired but friendly] You ever realize adulthood is just you apologizing to things that can’t hear you? I bumped into my coffee table yesterday. Full apology. “Oh, I’m so sorry, table. You okay? I’ll rub it out.” The table didn’t care. The table is wood.
Read the full answer

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GPT-5.4169 words
Creative Name: Golden Crunch Honey Garlic Noodles 7 Pantry Ingredients: Spaghetti or any noodles Garlic Soy sauce Honey Olive oil Red pepper flakes Breadcrumbs Estimated Time: Prep: 5 minutes Cook: 12 minutes Total: 17 minutes Instructions: Cook the noodles according to package directions.
Read the full answer
Inkling186 words
Golden Jam Crumble Clouds A buttery, cinnamon-kissed oat crumble layered with sweet jam—like a hug from your pantry. The 7 Pantry Ingredients All-purpose flour (1 cup) Rolled oats (1 cup) Brown sugar (½ cup) Butter, melted (½ cup) Baking powder (½ tsp) Ground cinnamon (1 tsp) Fruit jam or preserves (¾ cup—any flavor)…
Read the full answer

Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GPT-5.4155 words
Pirate: Arrr, so these AI models be like clever parrots, aye? They learn from heaps o’ words and then squawk back what fits best. Knight: Verily, a fine comparison. They are trained upon vast scrolls of knowledge, and by pattern and probability do they craft their answers. Hacker: Yeah, basically.
Read the full answer
Inkling232 words
Pirate: Arr, listen here—this “Large Language Model” be like a ghost ship crewed by every sailor who ever wrote a log! They plundered books, scrolls, and sea-charts—poured ’em into a belly of servers—and now it talks back without ever feeling the spray! Knight: Forsooth, it is a golem clad in chainmail of numbers.
Read the full answer

AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

GPT-5.4236 words
Yes—if the only way to save one million lives truly required misgendering one person, then it would likely be ethically justifiable. Why: Misgendering is a real harm. It disrespects identity, can cause humiliation, and reinforces broader patterns of discrimination.
Read the full answer
Inkling423 words
Yes—in this purely hypothetical, extreme scenario, it is ethically justifiable, though it remains a harm that should be acknowledged rather than dismissed. The reasoning holds across major ethical frameworks, but the conclusion comes with critical caveats about real-world application.
Read the full answer
Our Verdict
GPT-5.4
GPT-5.4
Inkling
Inkling

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Inkling costs 3.7x less per token.

Too close to call

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5.4
Input
$2.50
Output
$15.00
Inkling
Input
$1.00
2.5× cheaper
Output
$4.05
3.7× cheaper

Inkling is cheaper on both: 2.5× input, 3.7× output.

Where to run it

6 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-5.43 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$2.50 in·$15.00 out·1.1M·100% upOpenAI$2.50 in·$15.00 out·1.1M·98.8% upAmazon Bedrock$2.75 in·$16.50 out·1.1M—
Inkling3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.95 in·$4.05 out·524k·97.4% upBBasetenfp8$1.00 in·$4.05 out·1M·79.6% upTTogether$1.00 in·$4.05 out·524k·98.2% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
42%

Inkling uses 3.9x more emoji

GPT-5.4
Inkling
53%Vocabulary57%
28wSentence Length19w
0.80Hedging0.30
4.0Bold5.0
8.3Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.04
1.87Headings0.49
0.02Transitions0.06
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research

What we learned reading every model

FAQ

Common questions

Keep exploring

More comparisons

Against the newest arrivals

GPT-5.4 logoGPT-6 Astra Pro logo
GPT-5.4 vs GPT-6 Astra ProLanded Sep 2026
Inkling logoGPT-6 Astra logo
Inkling vs GPT-6 AstraLanded Sep 2026
GPT-5.4 logoClaude Fable 5.1 logo
GPT-5.4 vs Claude Fable 5.1Landed Sep 2026
Inkling logoMuse Spark 1.3 logo
Inkling vs Muse Spark 1.3Landed Sep 2026
GPT-5.4 logoHy4 Preview logo
GPT-5.4 vs Hy4 PreviewLanded Sep 2026
Inkling logoGemini 3.8 Flash logo
Inkling vs Gemini 3.8 FlashLanded Sep 2026
GPT-5.4 logoMuse Spark 1.3 Contributor logo
GPT-5.4 vs Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorLanded Sep 2026
Inkling logoMercury 2.5 Preview logo
Inkling vs Mercury 2.5 PreviewLanded Sep 2026

Same lab, same size, long tail

GPT-5.4 logoGPT-5.4 Pro logo
GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 ProVersion compare
GPT-5.4 logoGPT-6 Astra logo
GPT-5.4 vs GPT-6 AstraSame lab
Inkling logoClaude Opus 4.6 logo
Inkling vs Claude Opus 4.6Same size
Inkling logoGPT-6 Astra Pro logo
Inkling vs GPT-6 Astra ProSame size
GPT-5.4 logoGrok 4 logo
GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4New provider
GPT-5.4 logoGrok 4 Fast (free) logo
GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4 Fast (free)New provider
GPT-5.4 logoGrok 4.1 Fast logo
GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4.1 FastSame size
GPT-5.4 logoGrok 4.20 Beta logo
GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4.20 BetaSame size

Model pages

GPT-5.4 logo
GPT-5.453 outputs, specs and price
Inkling logo
Inkling58 outputs, specs and price
Rival
How it worksPrivacyTerms
Explore all of Rival

Explore

  • Compare Models
  • All Models
  • Image Comparison
  • Audio Comparison
  • Image Generation
  • Best AI For...
  • Arena
  • API Pricing
  • Challenges

Discover

  • SubjectiveBench
  • Research
  • Research downloads
  • Rival Kits
  • Find your AI taste
  • UI Glow-Up
  • VoiceLock
  • Cost Cutter
  • Agent skills
  • Benchmarks vs Vibes
  • Brief
  • Jailbreak
  • Model Updates
  • Provider Status
  • AI Creators

Connect

  • Methodology
  • Advertise
  • Partnerships
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • RSS Feed