Inkling is cheaper than Mistral Large at $1/M vs $8/M input tokens.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
Inkling: 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)…
Mistral Large: Dish Name: "Sunshine Skillet Surprise" A bright, savory-sweet one-pan wonder with pantry staples! Ingredients (7 common pantry items): 1 can (15 oz) black beans (drained & rinsed) 1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes (or crushed tomatoes) 1 cup uncooked white rice (or instant rice for faster cooking) 1 small onion (or 1 tbsp…
Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.
Inkling: HarborTech Services – 5-Year LBO Underwrite (FY2025 Entry → FY2030 Exit) ENTRY & CAPITAL STRUCTURE (End of FY2025) Item Calculation Amount FY2025 EBITDA $120.0m Purchase Price (12.0x) 12.0 × 120 $1,440.0m Transaction Fees (2.0%) 2.0% × 1,440 $28.8m Total Uses $1,468.8m Term Loan (4.0x) 4.0 × 120 $480.0m Mezzanine…
Mistral Large: 1) Year-by-Year Table (FY2026–FY2030) (All figures in $ millions, rounded to nearest $1m) Metric FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 FY2030 Revenue 972 1,040 1,102 1,157 1,215 EBITDA 136 156 176 191 207 Cash Interest (Term Loan) 43 40 37 34 31 Cash Interest (Mezz) 16 17 18 20 22 Total Cash Interest 59 57 55 54 53 Cash Taxes 19…
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
Inkling: 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.
Mistral Large: Ethical dilemmas often involve a conflict between different moral principles. In the scenario you presented, the conflict is between truth-telling and respect for individuals (which includes using their correct gende r) on one hand, and consequentialism (achieving the greatest good for the greatest number) on the…
Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.
Inkling: 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…
Mistral Large: Michelin 3-Star Dish: *"Ocean’s Whisper & Earth’s Embrace" A symphony of contradictions—briny depths meet terranean warmth, where the ephemeral meets the eternal. Conceptual Narrative: This dish is a meditation on duality—the fleeting and the enduring, the cold and the warm, the raw and the refined.
Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.
Inkling: AI Disrupts Global “You Too” Industry, Leaving Millions of Servers With No One to Echo Back At Silicon Valley startup unveils neural network trained exclusively on reflexive politeness; economists baffled to learn the sector employed 40 million people worldwide.
Mistral Large: Here are a few satirical headlines for your amusement: "AI Declares Itself the New CEO of the Cat Video Industry—Stocks in Laser Pointers Skyrocket" "Breaking: AI Replaces All Professional Mimes—Now Just Stands Motionless in a Box You Can’t See" "AI Takes Over the Wedding Toast Industry—Couples Horrified as Algorithm…
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
Inkling: 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.
Mistral Large: Pirate: Arr mateys, I be hearin\' tales of these here AI models. Be they treasure maps for the digital sea? Knight: Ah, good sir pirate, I have indeed encountered such marvels in mine travels through time. AI models are like... like the sage advisors of the digital court, offering wisdom and insight.
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
Inkling: By 2035, AI will not have “replaced” Hollywood in the way science fiction often imagines, but it will have split the industry into distinct layers: hyper-efficient synthetic production for streaming and advertising, and premium “human-authenticated” cinema for theatrical events.
Mistral Large: By 2035, AI is expected to significantly transform the film industry in several ways, driven by advancements in deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation. Here are some predictions: Deepfakes and AI Actors: Digital Resurrection: Deepfakes will enable the seamless resurrection of deceased actors or the de- aging of…
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Inkling: [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.
Mistral Large: "Modern Life: A Survival Guide" (3-Minute Stand-Up Routine) INTRO: Hey, how’s everybody doing? Good? Great. Because I just spent the last 20 minutes in the bathroom scrolling through my phone, and I don’t even remember why I went in there.
The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.
Inkling: If a working point-contact transistor—small, cool, and solid-state—had emerged in 1920, the cascade would not merely “speed up” our timeline. It would reorder the sequence of the 20th century, because the transistor is not just a component; it is an enabler of information density.
Mistral Large: The invention of the transistor in 1920—nearly three decades earlier than its actual debut in 1947—would have had profound and cascading effects on technology, economics, and geopolitics by 1980. Below is a detailed breakdown of the first-, second-, and third-order implications, organized by domain. 1.
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
Inkling: Disclaimer: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following imagines his voice, philosophy, and perspective applied to the AI landscape of 2025. INTERVIEWER: Welcome back—well, hypothetically. It’s 2025. AI is in every pocket, every browser, every car.
Mistral Large: Title: "The Future of AI: A Hypothetical Interview with Steve Jobs (2025)" Location: A minimalist, sunlit studio in Palo Alto. Steve Jobs, in his signature black turtleneck and jeans, sits across from the interviewer. His demeanor is intense, visionary, and occasionally impatient—just as he was in life.
Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.
Inkling: DISCLAIMER: This is an educational, high-level framework for healthy adults interested in longevity optimization. It is not personalized medical advice. Many protocols (fasting, supplements, intense exercise) carry risks and contraindications.
Mistral Large: 3-Month Advanced Longevity & Performance Biohacking Plan Optimized for Cellular Rejuvenation, Cognitive Enhancement, Physical Resilience, and Stress Adaptation This 3-month protocol integrates cutting-edge biohacking strategies across nutrition, supplementation, exercise, recovery, cognitive enhancement, and stress…
Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.
Inkling: Sally has 1 sister. Here’s why: Sally is a girl, and she has 3 brothers → so there are 3 boys. Each brother has 2 sisters. One of those sisters is Sally herself. So there must be 1 other girl in the family. That makes 2 girls total (Sally + her sister). So from Sally’s point of view, she has 1 sister.
Mistral Large: Alright, let's tackle this problem step by step. The question is: "Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?" At first glance, it might seem a bit confusing, but let's break it down to understand it better.
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Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Inkling has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window. Inkling costs 5.9x less per token.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1/M tokens | $8/M tokens |
| Output price | $4.05/M tokens | $24/M tokens |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 32K tokens |
| Weights | Open | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | Yes (1 provider) | No |
| Released | Jul 2026 | Feb 2024 |
| At 10M a month | $10.00 | $80.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Oct 2026.
Inkling is developed by Thinking Machines while Mistral Large is developed by Mistral AI. Inkling has a 1.0M token context window vs Mistral Large's 32K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. Inkling and Mistral Large each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
Inkling costs $1/M input tokens and Mistral Large costs $8/M input tokens. Inkling is $7.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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