Thinking Machines: Inkling vs MiniMax M3
Compare Thinking Machines: Inkling by Thinking Machines against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Thinking Machines: Inkling
MiniMax M3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Thinking Machines: Inkling has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
MiniMax M3 is 3.4x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Thinking Machines: Inkling
Input
$1.00
Output
$4.05
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
3.3× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.4× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 3.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
MiniMax M3 uses 29.7x more emoji
Thinking Machines: Inkling
MiniMax M3
57%Vocabulary55%
19wSentence Length24w
0.30Hedging0.52
5.0Bold5.2
2.7Lists3.0
0.04Emoji1.15
0.49Headings1.21
0.06Transitions0.02
Based on 27 + 27 text responses
Research
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