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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Inkling

At a glance

Anthropic's fifth-generation Sonnet — near-Opus intelligence at Sonnet speed and price.

801M ctx$2.00/$10.00 per M#26/92

Thinking Machines Lab's open-weight multimodal model with 41B active parameters out of 975B total.

524K ctx$1.00/$4.05 per M
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Reasoning
CI 72.7-84.7
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Capability
CapabilityECI80.1
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science4%90.5%Expert-Level—Factual Recall25.0%
Math
Competition Math94.7%
Coding
Real-World Coding—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—
Reasoning
Sources:Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-15
Cheaper56%
Capability
Capability—
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science87.2%Expert-Level29.7%Factual Recall76%43.9%
Math
Competition Math3%97.1%
Coding
Real-World Coding77.6%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks63.8%
Specs
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Jun 2026
Released
524K
Context
16K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$10.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Cache write$2.50/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input50%$1.00/M tokens
Output60%$4.05/M tokens
Cache read15%$0.17/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Inkling▼

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5 or Inkling?

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Both Claude Sonnet 5 and Inkling are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 or Inkling?

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Inkling has a lower blended cost. Claude Sonnet 5: $2.00 input / $10.00 output. Inkling: $1.00 input / $4.05 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5 or Inkling?

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Claude Sonnet 5 has a larger context window: Claude Sonnet 5 supports 1M tokens vs Inkling at 524K tokens.

Do both Claude Sonnet 5 and Inkling support vision?

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Yes, both Claude Sonnet 5 and Inkling support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Claude Sonnet 5 and Inkling?

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Claude Sonnet 5 and Inkling have similar overall capabilities. The main differences lie in pricing, context window size, and provider-specific strengths. Use this comparison page to review all metrics side by side.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Sonnet 5 and Inkling for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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