# Inkling 2 Small vs Ling-3.1-flash-1019 (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to Ling-3.1-flash-1019's 54.8 (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-3.1-flash-1019's 54.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Ling-3.1-flash-1019 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-3.1-flash-1019: C 54.8, rank #127 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ling-3-1-flash-1019.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 45; Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 56.
- Ling-3.1-flash-1019, good for Teams with a multi-GPU server that want an MIT-licensed flagship for long agent runs and coding Ahead on Reach, 60 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | Ling-3.1-flash-1019 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 60 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | Ling-3.1-flash-1019 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | inclusionAI (Ant Group) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-04 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +25: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (6,042 characters), which handles tools, the thinking switch and preserved reasoning.)
- Reach, Ling-3.1-flash-1019 +20: 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-3.1-flash-1019 60 (Memory 0, inclusionAI's only build is the FP8 release at 573.78 GB, × 1.2 = 688.5 GB, above 256 GB, and no runtime's library has a build.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +20: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 45 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25), less 10 because the card's documented vLLM command passes --trust-remote-code, which runs the…)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +11: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 56 (Model card 11, Intended use (complex reasoning, multi-step tasks and agentic workflows), architecture, parameters (560B total, 25B active) and context (1M claim…)