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Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) vs Thinking Machines: Inkling
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) | Thinking Machines: Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | anthropic | thinkingmachines |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 87.3 | 39.4 |
| Input Price | $2.50/M | $1.00/M |
| Output Price | $12.50/M | $4.05/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 471,859 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | - |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | ✓ |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 83.8 | 41.2 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) | Thinking Machines: Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 142 | 130 |
| Code Review | 147 | 135 |
| Code Completion | 118 | 119 |
| Code Refactoring | 149 | 138 |
| Bug Fixing | 151 | 143 |
| Unit Test Generation | 134 | 120 |
| Code Documentation | 136 | 134 |
| Regex Writing | 125 | 123 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 130 | 120 |
| Frontend Component Design | 132 | 122 |
| Data Analysis | 136 | 126 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 135 | 123 |
| ETL Scripting | 139 | 129 |
| JSON Extraction | 121 | 111 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 117 | 116 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 135 | 125 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 135 | 125 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 149 | 144 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 117 | 117 |
| Blog Post Writing | 130 | 126 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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