Inkling Small vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: side-by-side summary

Inkling Small and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Inkling Small, from thinkingmachines, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.45/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Inkling Small: 1,048,576 tokens
• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Inkling Small: $0.45/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output
• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output

Provided by

• Inkling Small: thinkingmachines
• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Google

• Inkling Small model details, providers and pricing
• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite model details, providers and pricing