Inkling-Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Inkling-Small is developed by Thinking Machines Lab, while MiMo-V2.6-Pro comes from Xiaomi. Inkling-Small was released in July 2026, and MiMo-V2.6-Pro followed 2 months later in September 2026. MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the larger model at roughly 1.0 trillion parameters, against 276 billion for Inkling-Small.
We have 24 benchmark results for Inkling-Small and 18 benchmark results for MiMo-V2.6-Pro, but they overlap on a single test: Terminal-Bench 2.1, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 89.9% against 64.7%.
Inkling-Small is the cheaper API at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, about 45% below MiMo-V2.6-Pro at $0.43 and $0.87. MiMo-V2.6-Pro takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 256K for Inkling-Small. Inkling-Small accepts text, images, and audio as input, while MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts text, images, audio, and video. On tooling, only MiMo-V2.6-Pro supports function calling and only MiMo-V2.6-Pro offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Thinking Machines Lab | Xiaomi |
| Release Date | July 30, 2026 | September 22, 2026 |
| Parameters | 276B | 1.0T |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 256K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 256K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.30 | $0.43 |
| Output Price / 1M | $1.20 | $0.87 |
| Average Score | 60.3% | 59.7% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 89.9% |
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Verdict
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads in 3 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Inkling-Small — 0.6, MiMo-V2.6-Pro — 0.6.
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 1.1x cheaper: input $0.43/1M vs $0.30/1M tokens.
MiMo-V2.6-Pro supports a larger context: 1M vs 256K tokens.
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is newer: released 9/22/2026 vs 7/30/2026.
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