Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Inkling Small

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

$0.10 / $0.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Inkling Small

Thinkingmachines

$0.45 / $1.20

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Claude Haiku 5.5 is 3.2× cheaper than Inkling Small on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (36.5 vs 12.9). Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M vs 524K).

	Claude Haiku 5.5	Inkling Small
Input price / 1M	$0.10	$0.45
Output price / 1M	$0.50	$1.20
Blended price (3:1)	$0.20	$0.64
Cached input / 1M	$0.01	$0.10
Context window	1M	524K
Max output	128K	262K
Intelligence index	36.5	12.9
Coding index	—	52.9
Providers	10	—
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	—
Vision input	Yes	Yes
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-10-07	2026-07-30
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Inkling Small?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 3.2× cheaper than Inkling Small on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Inkling Small: which has a bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5: 1,000,000 tokens. Inkling Small: 524,288 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5 ≈ $450.00, Inkling Small ≈ $1,500.

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