# Inkling-Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL (slim)

> Inkling-Small scores 67 (B) to MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL'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 67 (B) on agent readiness against MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL's 61 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling-Small: B 67, rank #13 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-small.min.md
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL: C 61, rank #75 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mimo-v2-6-flash-rl.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 45; Documentation and upkeep, 87 against 59.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL, good for Teams with a GPU server, or a provider account, that want an open agent model with a very long context Ahead on Reach, 65 against 55.

| Category | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 87 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | Xiaomi (MiMo team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT (metadata only, no LICENSE file) |
| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-10-28 |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling-Small +28: Inkling-Small 87 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off, counting Thinking Machines' own model card page.); MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 59 (Model card 14, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters, the context and the languages (in the metadata) are on the card.)
- Risk, Inkling-Small +25: Inkling-Small 70 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 45 (File safety 5, the weights are safetensors, but the dflash folder's mask_embedding.pt is a pickle beside them (15).)
- Reach, MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL +10: Inkling-Small 55 (Memory 5 of 30, the smallest 4-bit build is Thinking Machines' NVFP4 at 170.8 GB, about 205 GB with a fifth added, so it needs 256 GB.); MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 65 (Memory 5, the smallest build at 4 bits or better is ggml-org's MXFP4 GGUF, 168.93 GB with its projector, and 168.93 GB × 1.2 = 202.7 GB, within 256 GB.)