Thinking Machines: Inkling vs MiniMax M1
Compare Thinking Machines: Inkling by Thinking Machines against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Thinking Machines: Inkling
MiniMax M1
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Thinking Machines: Inkling
Input
$1.00
Output
$4.05
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
3.3× cheaper
Output
$1.65
2.5× cheaper
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 2.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
52%
MiniMax M1 uses 2.7x more emoji
Thinking Machines: Inkling
MiniMax M1
57%Vocabulary53%
19wSentence Length17w
0.30Hedging0.51
5.0Bold7.4
2.7Lists6.2
0.04Emoji0.10
0.49Headings0.86
0.06Transitions0.03
Based on 27 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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