# BigBang-v1 vs Inkling 2 Small (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to BigBang-v1's 56.3 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against BigBang-v1's 56.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. BigBang-v1 leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- BigBang-v1: C 56.3, rank #117 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigbang-v1.min.md
- Inkling 2 Small: C 58.8, rank #102 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-2-small.min.md
- BigBang-v1, good for Agents with 96 GB or more that want an Apache 2.0 mixture-of-experts model tuned for research, search and coding, and can do without publisher support. Ahead on Reach, 60 against 40.
- Inkling 2 Small, good for Teams with 512 GB or more of datacentre GPU memory who want Thinking Machines' newest open multimodal agent model and can run a runtime's pre-release image. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 46.

| Category | BigBang-v1 | Inkling 2 Small |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 60 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 65 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | BigBang-v1 | Inkling 2 Small |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | The Endless Frontier (endless-frontier) | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Last release | 2026-08-06 | 2026-11-12 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +25: BigBang-v1 60 (Chat template 20, the base's template in the repository.); Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +21: BigBang-v1 46 (Model card 11 of 20, limitations, architecture and a cut-off are missing.); Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.)
- Reach, BigBang-v1 +20: BigBang-v1 60 (Memory 10 of 30, the only build from the publisher is BF16 at 71.9 GB, 86.3 GB with a fifth added, which fits the reference machine but not 64 GB.); Inkling 2 Small 40 (Memory 0 of 30, the smallest build is Thinking Machines' NVFP4 checkpoint at 393.5 GB, about 472 GB with a fifth added, above the 256 GB line.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +10: BigBang-v1 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and nothing from the repository runs.); Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.)