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Hy3 vs Inkling Small

Hy3 costs 2.3x less per output token than Inkling Small ($0.528 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Hy3Tencent
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.528
33
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
2
vs boards won of 35 shared

Hy3 or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Hy3 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Hy3 for output tokens 2.3x cheaper ($0.528 vs $1.20 per million) and work measured by LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model AHy3TencentNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
35
Hy3 only
9
Inkling Small only
49
Like-for-like categories
5 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Hy3 not benchmarked, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 8.9 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: React: Hy3 1511 against Inkling Small 1399, 18.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Hy3 $0.528 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
Context window
Hy3 takes 262K tokens, Inkling Small 524K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryHy3BarsInkling SmallTies
Coding51
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge40
General171
All shared boards332
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index51
Coding benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDev15071409Hy3
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.9Only Inkling Small measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured13.7%Only Inkling Small measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling Small measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured9.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured55.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SciCode48.6%49.7%Inkling Small
ALE-Bench838.6Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
LMArena Text: coding14661450Hy3
LMArena Text: software and IT14631447Hy3
LMArena WebDev: React15111399Hy3
LMArena WebDev: HTML14871398Hy3
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence IndexNot measured25.7Only Inkling Small measured
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.3Only Inkling Small measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured23.5Only Inkling Small measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured41.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Inkling Small measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured25.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured2.9%Only Inkling Small measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.8%Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)89.7%89.5%Hy3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)33.5%33.3%Hy3
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured88.5%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14471423Hy3
LMArena Text: expert14611441Hy3
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14551429Hy3
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured90.0%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured46.3%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured17.1%Only Inkling Small measured
ProofBenchNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: math14731459Hy3
LMArena Text: mathematical work14821441Hy3
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling Small measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured69.6%Only Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science14571428Hy3
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14521413Hy3
LMArena Text: legal and government14221415Hy3
LMArena Text: business and finance14241413Hy3
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
Design Arena: websites1230Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: UI components1204Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: game dev1208Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: data viz1164Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: 3D1232Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1227Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: SVG1200Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1152Not measuredOnly Hy3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index171
General benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.0%75.7%Hy3
LMArena Text14381413Hy3
LMArena Text: instruction following14261399Hy3
LMArena Text: creative writing14031334Hy3
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English14481421Hy3
LMArena Text: non-English14261401Hy3
LMArena Text: Chinese14851464Hy3
LMArena Text: German14491408Hy3
LMArena Text: Japanese13971401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean13961367Hy3
LMArena Text: French14561435Hy3
LMArena Text: Spanish14571422Hy3
LMArena Text: Russian14321394Hy3
LMArena Text: Polish14471428Hy3
LMArena Text: multi-turn14361416Hy3
LMArena Text: longer queries14421402Hy3
LMArena Text: writing and language14141357Hy3
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14001352Hy3
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1292Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1205Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Hy3 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkHy3Inkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Hy3$0.0004Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Hy3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Hy3$0.0082Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Hy3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Hy3$0.032Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Hy3 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Hy3 and Inkling Small
SpecificationTencent Hy3Thinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerTencentThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 6, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.132$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.528$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it14
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Hy3 better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Hy3 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Hy3 for output tokens 2.3x cheaper ($0.528 vs $1.20 per million) and work measured by LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Inkling Small?

Hy3 costs $0.132 per million input tokens and $0.528 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

Which has the bigger context window, Hy3 or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Hy3 vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

35 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Hy3's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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