# Inkling-Small vs Kronos (slim)

> Inkling-Small scores 66.5 (B) to Kronos's 55.2 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Inkling-Small scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Kronos's 55.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling-Small: B 66.5, rank #14 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-small.min.md
- Kronos: C 55.2, rank #86 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kronos.min.md
- Inkling-Small, good for Teams with 256 GB or more of datacentre GPU memory who want an open multimodal agent model with audio input and adjustable thinking. Ahead on Risk, 70 against 50; Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 82 against 61.
- Kronos, good for Agents that need a quick local forecast or synthetic sample of a candlestick series on modest hardware, for research or as one input among others.

| Category | Inkling-Small | Kronos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 82 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling-Small | Kronos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | Yu Shi (shiyu-coder, NeoQuasar), Tsinghua University |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-04-13 |
| Popularity | none | 43k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |