# Inkling 2 Small vs OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT's 56.8 (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 OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT's 56.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT leads on reach and documentation and upkeep. 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
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT: C 56.8, rank #112 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/otel-2-0-llm-31b-it.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 60.
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT, good for Telecoms teams that want an open model for standards questions and RAG on their own hardware Ahead on Reach, 50 against 40; Documentation and upkeep, 74 against 67.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 50 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | AT&T (Open Telco AI) |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-01 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +25: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 19,300 characters, the publisher's own.)
- Reach, OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT +10: 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.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 50 (Memory 10, the publisher's only build is the BF16 safetensors, 62.55 GB for the 15 shards the index names, and 62.55 GB × 1.2 = 75.1 GB, above 64 GB and inside…)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +10: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only, with no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python files.)
- Documentation and upkeep, OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT +7: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 74 (Model card 14, Intended use, a long limitations section, the architecture and training method, the parameters (31B) and the language (English) are on the card.)