Data points: 125
Model compare
The readout for Claude Opus 4.6 and Inkling, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 60 to 40.
Evidence depth
125 data points
Includes 29 benchmark rows, 1 audit samples, and 5 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Opus 4.6
The charts below split 35 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and Inkling: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 60.0 pts | 40.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 3 categories | 3 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage | No data |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | No data |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Thinking Machines |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Claude | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 | thinkingmachines/inkling |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and Inkling: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Multimodal) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).
Inkling
Inkling leads these benchmark categories: Reasoning, Math, Instruction following.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Opus 4.6
53.4
Avg. score
Inkling
53.5
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 5.4
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 9.5
Inkling leads by 0.7
Tied
Inkling leads by 7.5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 3.4
Inkling leads by 12.0
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Opus 4.6
winner68.0
Rank #20/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
60.0
Rank #34/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
$25.00/M
Rank #153/169 · confidence 4
Inkling
winner$4.68/M
Rank #107/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
$10.00/M
Rank #153/169 · confidence 4
Inkling
winner$2.57/M
Rank #112/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
$5.00/M
Rank #152/169 · confidence 4
Inkling
winner$1.87/M
Rank #128/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
2.8
Rank #47/77 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner5.4
Rank #36/77 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
18.6%
Rank #67/193 · confidence 4
Inkling
winner29.7%
Rank #36/193 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
84.0%
Rank #57/194 · confidence 4
Inkling
winner87.2%
Rank #37/194 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
58.3
Rank #67/94 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner63.3
Rank #54/94 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner80.8
Rank #8/45 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
77.6
Rank #20/45 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner63.7
Rank #9/71 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
48.9
Rank #47/71 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
53.4
Rank #35/42 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner54.3
Rank #32/42 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
45.7%
Rank #37/191 · confidence 4
Inkling
winner46.1%
Rank #36/191 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
45.7
Rank #41/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner46.1
Rank #40/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
59.8
Rank #23/57 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner79.0
Rank #9/57 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner82.6
Rank #10/60 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
69.1
Rank #32/60 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner40.0
Rank #12/18 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
30.0
Rank #16/18 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner89.2
Rank #16/25 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
87.9
Rank #19/25 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner45.2
Rank #17/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
40.0
Rank #26/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner3.5
Rank #27/34 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
2.1
Rank #30/34 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
37.8
Rank #43/104 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner40.7
Rank #29/104 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
18.6
Rank #60/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner29.7
Rank #34/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
84.0
Rank #56/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner87.2
Rank #40/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner76.0
Rank #44/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
63.1
Rank #59/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner77.3
Rank #20/28 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
73.5
Rank #25/28 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner62.1
Rank #27/40 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
52.6
Rank #33/40 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
72.5
Rank #40/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
winner73.5
Rank #36/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner83.7
Rank #10/27 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
77.1
Rank #17/27 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner65.4
Rank #24/50 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
63.8
Rank #26/50 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Claude Opus 4.6
winner65.3
Rank #25/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Inkling
57.4
Rank #33/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-15
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
Winner: Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 Audit score 84 648486100 | Inkling inkling No audit yet |
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 47 tok/s / 2344ms input / output No data | Inkling speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $3.20/M/$16.00/M | Inkling inkling speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $60.00/M |
0 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0.479/M/$2.40/M | Inkling inkling speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0/M |
0 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Inkling speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Inkling speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputAudio inputText outputTool callingReasoning |
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