# Inkling 2 Small vs LFM2.5-2.6B (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to LFM2.5-2.6B's 50.3 (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 LFM2.5-2.6B's 50.3 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. LFM2.5-2.6B 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
- LFM2.5-2.6B: D 50.3, rank #147 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm2-5-2-6b.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 50; Agent interface, 85 against 75; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 57.
- LFM2.5-2.6B, good for Agents that want a small local helper for tool calls, extraction and RAG on a laptop, phone or CPU, at organisations under the licence's revenue threshold Ahead on Reach, 90 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | Liquid AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-03 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, LFM2.5-2.6B +50: 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.); LFM2.5-2.6B 90 (Memory earns the full 30, since Liquid's own 4-bit GGUF is 1.59 GB and fits 8 GB with room to spare.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +15: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); LFM2.5-2.6B 50 (File safety earns 25, safetensors and GGUF only, and nothing from the repository runs to load it or build prompts.)
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +10: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); LFM2.5-2.6B 75 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +10: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); LFM2.5-2.6B 57 (The model card earns 17, with everything but a knowledge cut-off.)