Inkling 2 Small vs Solar Pro 3
Solar Pro 3 costs 1.7x less per output token than Inkling 2 Small ($0.60 vs $1.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 6 benchmarks have a result for both.
Inkling 2 Small or Solar Pro 3: which to pick
Only Inkling 2 Small has a coding score, 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Pro 3 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Solar Pro 3 for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 6
- Inkling 2 Small only
- 45
- Solar Pro 3 only
- 4
- Like-for-like categories
- 4 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a AA Intelligence Index result, 30.6.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a Vals Index result, 56.1%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Pro 3
Inkling 2 Small $0.0008, Solar Pro 3 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Inkling 2 Small 48.9 from 3 benchmarks, Solar Pro 3 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- General, 60.1 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- GDPval-AA: Inkling 2 Small 1630 against Solar Pro 3 272, 69.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Inkling 2 Small $1.00 against Solar Pro 3 $0.60 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
- Context window
- Inkling 2 Small takes 1.05M tokens, Solar Pro 3 131K.
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.
| Category | Inkling 2 Small | Bars | Solar Pro 3 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1647 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 12.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.1% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SciCode | 52.3% | 25.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 7.6% | Only Solar Pro 3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.1% | 0.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 25.4% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1455 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1443 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1660 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1661 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | 97.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 30.6 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 1.9% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 38.9% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 46.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 21.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 70.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 2.9% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Vals Science Index | 32.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 86.3% | Only Solar Pro 3 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 46.8% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| MCP Atlas | 85.4% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 25.2% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 72.4% | Only Solar Pro 3 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.1% | 10.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ARC-AGI | 96.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1421 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1478 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1424 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MathArena | 42.4% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | 16.1 | -53.7 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: science | 1409 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1415 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 56.1% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 88.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 71.2% | Only Solar Pro 3 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.3% | 32.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| GDPval-AA | 1630 | 272 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text | 1403 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1408 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1348 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1390 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1377 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1403 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1381 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1359 | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Solar Pro 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Solar Pro 3 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Solar Pro 3 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Solar Pro 3 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.
| Specification | Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small | Upstage Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Thinking Machines | Upstage |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | November 9, 2026 | January 27, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | 48.9 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Inkling 2 Small better than Solar Pro 3 for coding?
Only Inkling 2 Small has a coding score, 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Pro 3 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Solar Pro 3 for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Inkling 2 Small or Solar Pro 3?
Inkling 2 Small costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Solar Pro 3 costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Inkling 2 Small or Solar Pro 3?
Inkling 2 Small, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Inkling 2 Small vs Solar Pro 3 comparison based on?
6 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Inkling 2 Small's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Solar Pro 3's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.