# Inkling-Small vs MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B (slim)

> Inkling-Small scores 66.5 (B) to MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B's 61 (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 MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B's 61 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling-Small: B 66.5, rank #14 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-small.min.md
- MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B: C 61, rank #41 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mimo-v2-6-distill-qwen-9b.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 60; Agent interface, 85 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 82 against 40. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.3 out of 5.
- MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B, good for Researchers and agents that want a small coding and terminal-agent model to fine-tune further, on a 24 GB GPU or larger. Ahead on Reach, 70 against 55.

| Category | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 70 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 82 | 40 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | Xiaomi (MiMo team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT (metadata only, no LICENSE file); built on Qwen3.5-9B under Apache 2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-21 |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 2.3/5 (4) |