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Thinking Machines

Best on the Capabilities Index Inkling-Small 150.8
4 models 4 model cards read thinkingmachines.ai

How does Thinking Machines stack up?

Every model on Epoch AI's Capabilities Index by release date, with Thinking Machines's in color.

50 100 150 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Inkling 50 100 150 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Inkling

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Thinking Machines's best models

Thinking Machines Jul 2026

Inkling-Small

Open weights

150.8 #67 of 256
Epoch Capabilities Index
Self-Reported Index 149.8 #97 of 404
  • MMMU-Pro 74% #43 /90
  • IFBench 82.2% #3 /80
  • SciCode 48.7% #12 /49
Thinking Machines Jul 2026

Inkling

Open weights

148.4 #76 of 256
Epoch Capabilities Index
Self-Reported Index 150.1 #91 of 404
  • MMMU-Pro 73.5% #47 /90
  • IFBench 79.8% #9 /80
  • Terminal-Bench 4.0 0% #40 /40

What benchmarks does Thinking Machines mention most?

Here are the 26 benchmarks Thinking Machines mentions most in its launch posts.

Source: Labs’ launch posts, read by Benchmark Almanac

Model cards

DateModelDocumentBenchmarks
Nov 5, 2026 Inkling 2 Small Introducing Inkling 2 Small (Thinking Machines) 72
Jul 30, 2026 Inkling-Small Inkling-Small (Thinking Machines news) 31
Jul 15, 2026 Inkling Introducing Inkling (Thinking Machines news) 25
May 11, 2026 TML-Interaction-Small Interaction Models 14

Every Thinking Machines model