Beam vs Inkling Small
Pick a route and service tier under each model. Prices, the calculator and the verdicts follow your choice.
At a glance
Generated from the rows below
Choose Beam for
- The largest context window: 1,048,576 tokens
Choose Inkling Small for
- The lowest cost per typical request ($0.00)
- The only one that takes images, audio
Overview
Pricing
Prices on the route and tier chosen under each model
What will it cost?
Estimate a month of requests on the route and tier chosen for each model
Uses the route and tier chosen under each model, over 30 days. Cached input is billed at the cache-read rate.
Performance
Live gateway traffic
Activity
Tokens sent through Phaseo each day over the last 30 days
None of these models has had traffic through Phaseo in the last 30 days.
Features
Features from the parameters Phaseo routes support
Benchmarks
Only results that two or more of the selected models report get a row
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Independent
Higher is better · each model’s best reported variant
Where they rank
The five leaders on each capability index, then the compared models. Each model at its best-scoring setting.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index42 models ranked
- #1Claude Opus 5.558.4
- #2GPT-6 Astra56.9
- #3GPT-6.1 Sol54.5
- #4Claude Sonnet 5.554.2
- #5GPT-6.1 Terra51.0
- #31Beam17.7
- #34Inkling Small12.9
Artificial Analysis Coding Index171 models ranked
- #1Claude Fable 5.181.6
- #2GPT 5.6 Sol78.3
- #3Claude Opus 578.0
- #4GPT-6 Astra77.1
- #5Grok 4.676.8
- #56Inkling Small52.9
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index112 models ranked
- #1Claude Fable 5.157.9
- #2Claude Opus 556.5
- #3Qwen 3.8 Max 090256.0
- #4Muse Spark 1.355.5
- #5Qwen 3.8 Flash Next53.6
- #43Inkling Small23.5
Epoch Capabilities Index164 models ranked
- #1GPT-6 Astra169.1
- #2Claude Opus 5.5168.4
- #3GPT-6.1 Terra168.1
- #4GPT-6.1 Sol167.8
- #5Claude Sonnet 5.5166.7
- #57Inkling Small150.5
Lab-reported results come from each lab’s own launch materials and may use different settings. Independent results come from third-party evaluators.
Providers
Routes Phaseo serves today, standard-tier prices per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Context window | Max output | Tiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | $0.25 | $1.00 | $0.05 | 1,048,576 | – | Standard |
 | $0.40 | $1.20 | $0.04 | 1,048,576 | 131,072 | Standard |
- Nebius Token Factory
- Input
- $0.25
- Output
- $1.00
- Context window
- 1,048,576
Standard
- Baseten
- Input
- $0.40
- Output
- $1.20
- Context window
- 1,048,576
Standard
Standard-tier prices. The first row is the cheapest route; pick another under the model’s name at the top.
Also listed, not routed by Phaseo: 5 providers
CoreWeave Forge, Fireworks, Modal, Reflection, Together
Shown for reference: other gateways’ listings and routes Phaseo has retired or disabled.
Details
Beam vs Inkling Small: side-by-side summary
Beam is from Reflection. It has a 1,048,576-token context window. On its cheapest route it costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens.
Inkling Small is from Thinking Machines Lab. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. On its cheapest route it costs $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens.
Beam model details, providers and pricingInkling Small model details, providers and pricing
Beam vs Inkling Small at a glance
| Attribute | Beam | Inkling Small |
|---|---|---|
| Lab | Reflection | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Input price per 1M tokens | $0.25 | $0.00 |
| Output price per 1M tokens | $1.00 | $0.00 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens | Not listed |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 17.7 (#31) | 12.9 (#34) |
Prices are each model's cheapest standard route on Phaseo. Benchmark ranks use each model's best-scoring evaluated setting.
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Beam or Inkling Small?
Inkling Small is cheaper for both input and output tokens. Beam costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.00 and $0.00, each on its cheapest standard route on Phaseo.
Which has the longer context window, Beam or Inkling Small?
Beam has the longer context window at 1,048,576 tokens, compared with 1,000,000 tokens for Inkling Small.
Which scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Beam or Inkling Small?
Beam scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Beam scores 17.7, ranked #31 of 42. Inkling Small scores 12.9, ranked #34 of 42.