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Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small Ranks 4th Overall on DesignArena, Leads Open-Weights Models

November 5, 2026 at 18:48 EST

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Inkling 2 Small, a model from Thinking Machines, has placed fourth overall on the DesignArena leaderboard and first among open-weights models with an Elo rating of 1376, according to the arena's announcement.

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Inkling 2 Small ranks 4th overall and 1st among open-weights models

On the design-focused DesignArena board, Inkling 2 Small posts an Elo of 1376. It is priced at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens, which DesignArena says is 15× cheaper than Kimi K3 on output.

1376

Elo rating

Overall placement

Among open-weights models

$1.00

Per 1M output tokens

Output price per million tokens: 15× gap

Each block = $1.00 per 1M output tokens. Kimi K3 value is implied by the stated 15× ratio.

$1.00

Inkling 2 Small

~$15.00

Kimi K3 (implied)

Takeaway: on output tokens, the same volume costs roughly one-fifteenth as much on Inkling 2 Small.

Inkling 2 Small pricing: input vs output

Price per 1M tokens, drawn to the same scale.

$0.30

Input

$1.00

Output

Read it as a snapshot

The 1376 score and 4th place are a point-in-time measure, not a fixed verdict.

No breakdown of the benchmark tasks was provided.
Methodology beyond the Elo score was not detailed.
No independent third-party verification was included.
Rankings shift as new models and votes are added; prices reflect rates at the time

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