# Inkling 2 Small vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 54.3 (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 MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 54.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 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
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: C 54.3, rank #132 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.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 35; Agent interface, 85 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 41.
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms. Ahead on Reach, 55 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 35 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | MiniMax |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-10-23 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +30: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 35 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only, less 10 because the SGLang route the card links passes trust_remote_code for the repository's configuration and processo…)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +26: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 41 (The model card earns 11, missing limitations, languages and a knowledge cut-off.)
- Reach, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash +15: 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.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 55 (Memory earns nothing.)
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +15: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 70 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.)