Thinking Machines Lab's smaller, more efficient open-weight multimodal model, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total.
DeepSeek's October 2026 checkpoint of the V4.1 Flash workhorse, refreshed for stronger agentic coding with shorter, faster answers.
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Both Inkling Small and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 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.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has a lower blended cost. Inkling Small: $0.45 input / $1.20 output. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: $0.15 input / $0.60 output.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has a larger context window: Inkling Small supports 524K tokens vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 at 1M tokens.
Yes, both Inkling Small and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 support vision/image input.
Key differences: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is significantly cheaper. Compare full specs on this page.
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 Inkling Small and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.