Which is cheaper, Inkling Small and MiMo V2.6 Flash?

MiMo V2.6 Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Inkling Small from $0.45 and MiMo V2.6 Flash from $0.14.

Which has the larger context window, Inkling Small and MiMo V2.6 Flash?

MiMo V2.6 Flash has the largest context window: Inkling Small 524,288 tokens and MiMo V2.6 Flash 1,048,576 tokens.

Which is smarter, Inkling Small and MiMo V2.6 Flash?

MiMo V2.6 Flash scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Inkling Small 12.9 and MiMo V2.6 Flash 26.7.

Can I switch between Inkling Small and MiMo V2.6 Flash without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (thinkingmachines/inkling-small, xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash).

Inkling Small vs MiMo V2.6 Flash

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Inkling Small Thinking Machinesthinkingmachines/inkling-small

MiMo V2.6 Flash Xiaomixiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash

Creator

Thinking Machines

Xiaomi

Released

Jul 30, 2026

Sep 21, 2026

Context window

524K

1.05M

Max output

262K

131K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.45

$0.14

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$1.20

$0.28

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

12.9

26.7

Accepts

Text, Image, Audio

Text, Image, Video, Audio

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Inkling Small vs MiMo V2.6 Flash: summary

Inkling Small and MiMo V2.6 Flash are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Inkling Small, from Thinking Machines, has a 524,288-token context window, costs $0.45/1M input and $1.20/1M output tokens and scores 12.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

MiMo V2.6 Flash, from Xiaomi, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens and scores 26.7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

MiMo V2.6 Flash is the cheapest on input, 3.2× cheaper than the next model, MiMo V2.6 Flash has the largest context window and MiMo V2.6 Flash scores highest for intelligence.

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client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="thinkingmachines/inkling-small", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash", messages=[...])

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