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Inkling vs Claude Opus 5.5

At a glance

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

524K ctx$1.00/$4.05 per M

Anthropic's new flagship for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work, succeeding Claude Opus 5.

1M ctx$4.00/$20.00 per M
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Benchmarks
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Reasoning
Sources:Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-10-02
Cheaper78%
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science87.2%Expert-Level29.7%Factual Recall43.9%
Math
Competition Math97.1%
Coding
Real-World Coding77.6%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks63.8%Novel Reasoning36.5%
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-10-02
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science4%90.6%Expert-Level—Factual Recall64%72.2%
Math
Competition Math3%100.0%
Coding
Real-World Coding—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—Novel Reasoning153%92.5%
Specs
524K
Context
256K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Sep 2026
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input75%$1.00/M tokens
Output80%$4.05/M tokens
Cache read15%$0.17/M tokens
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$4.00/M tokens
Output$20.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Cache write$5.00/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
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Frequently Asked Questions: Inkling vs Claude Opus 5.5▼

Which is better, Inkling or Claude Opus 5.5?

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Both Inkling and Claude Opus 5.5 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, Inkling or Claude Opus 5.5?

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Inkling has a lower blended cost. Inkling: $1.00 input / $4.05 output. Claude Opus 5.5: $4.00 input / $20.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, Inkling or Claude Opus 5.5?

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Claude Opus 5.5 has a larger context window: Inkling supports 524K tokens vs Claude Opus 5.5 at 1M tokens.

Do both Inkling and Claude Opus 5.5 support vision?

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Yes, both Inkling and Claude Opus 5.5 support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Inkling and Claude Opus 5.5?

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Key differences: Inkling is significantly cheaper. Compare full specs on this page.

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 Inkling and Claude Opus 5.5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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