Thinking Machines: Inkling vs MiniMax M2.5
Compare Thinking Machines: Inkling by Thinking Machines against MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 205K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Thinking Machines: Inkling
MiniMax M2.5Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Thinking Machines: Inkling has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
MiniMax M2.5 is 3.4x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Thinking Machines: Inkling
Input
$1.00
Output
$4.05
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
3.3× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.4× cheaper
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 3.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
48%
MiniMax M2.5 uses 2.7x more transitions
Thinking Machines: Inkling
MiniMax M2.5
57%Vocabulary55%
19wSentence Length25w
0.30Hedging0.58
5.0Bold6.0
2.7Lists4.4
0.04Emoji0.01
0.49Headings1.11
0.06Transitions0.16
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