# Inkling 2 Small vs Ling-3.0-tiny (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to Ling-3.0-tiny's 56.2 (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 Ling-3.0-tiny's 56.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Ling-3.0-tiny 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
- Ling-3.0-tiny: C 56.2, rank #118 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ling-3-0-tiny.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 60; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 56.
- Ling-3.0-tiny, good for Agents on a laptop or small GPU that want a fast local model for tool calls and short reasoning, under MIT Ahead on Reach, 95 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | Ling-3.0-tiny |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | Ling-3.0-tiny |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | inclusionAI (Ant Group) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-08-31 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Ling-3.0-tiny +55: 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.); Ling-3.0-tiny 95 (Memory earns the full 30, since inclusionAI's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 4.8 GB, about 6 GB with a fifth added.)
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +25: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Ling-3.0-tiny 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +15: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); Ling-3.0-tiny 50 (File safety gets 15, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's vLLM command runs the repository's config code with --trust-remote-code.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +11: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); Ling-3.0-tiny 56 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, limitations, languages and a cut-off aren't.)