# Inkling 2 Small vs InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview's 53.2 (D) 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 InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview's 53.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling 2 Small: C 58.8, rank #102 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-2-small.min.md
- InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview: D 53.2, rank #137 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/internvl3-5-gpt-oss-20b-a4b-preview.min.md
- 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 45; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 28.
- InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview, good for Agents with 64 GB to spare that want an Apache-licensed image and video reader with optional thinking and can live with a stale preview. Ahead on Reach, 65 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 45 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | OpenGVLab (Shanghai AI Laboratory) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0; a merge of openai/gpt-oss-20b (Apache 2.0 with OpenAI's usage policy) and OpenGVLab/InternViT-300M-448px-V2_5 (MIT) |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2025-09-08 |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +40: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 45 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository, though it doesn't match the tokenizer.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +39: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 28 (Model card 8 of 20, the family card misses limitations, context, languages and a cut-off.)
- Reach, InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview +25: 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.); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 65 (Memory 15 of 30, the only builds are BF16 at 42.5 GB by the repository's safetensors index, or 51 GB with a fifth added, which fits 64 GB.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +10: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no code in the repository.)