Claude Mythos 5 vs
Inkling

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Models in this comparison

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Model type
Proprietary
Evidence state
Supported evidence
Published context
1,000,000
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Thinking Machines Lab

Inkling

Model type
Open Weight
Evidence state
Supported evidence
Published context
1,000,000

Key implications

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  1. On Agentic, Claude Mythos 5 has a higher supported BenchLM score (75.79 vs 39.54).
  2. On Overall, Claude Mythos 5 has a higher supported BenchLM score (83.4 vs 67.02).
  3. Input API price: Inkling has the lower verified rate ($1.87 / 1M tokens vs $10 / 1M tokens).
  4. Output API price: Inkling has the lower verified rate ($4.68 / 1M tokens vs $50 / 1M tokens).

Shared metric view

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Comparable metric detail

  • AgenticClaude Mythos 5: 75.79 · Inkling: 39.54
  • CodingClaude Mythos 5: 81.66 · Inkling: 42.04
  • InstructionFollowingClaude Mythos 5: Unavailable · Inkling: 88.6
  • KnowledgeClaude Mythos 5: 97.4 · Inkling: 66.8
  • MathClaude Mythos 5: Unavailable · Inkling: 79
  • MultimodalGroundedClaude Mythos 5: 84.8 · Inkling: 41.5
  • OverallClaude Mythos 5: 83.4 · Inkling: 67.02

Source metrics

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Source metric comparison
MetricUnitClaude Mythos 5Inkling
Agenticscore75.7939.54
Codingscore81.6642.04
InstructionFollowingscoreUnavailable88.6
Knowledgescore97.466.8
MathscoreUnavailable79
MultimodalGroundedscore84.841.5
Overallscore83.467.02

Agentic

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
75.79
Inkling
39.54

Coding

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
81.66
Inkling
42.04

InstructionFollowing

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
Unavailable
Inkling
88.6

Knowledge

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
97.4
Inkling
66.8

Math

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
Unavailable
Inkling
79

MultimodalGrounded

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
84.8
Inkling
41.5

Overall

Unit
score
Claude Mythos 5
83.4
Inkling
67.02

Pricing and context

Verification is shown beside each selected route. Missing facts remain Not verified.

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitClaude Mythos 5Inkling
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$10$1.87
Cached input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$1$0.374
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokens$50$4.68
Route contexttokens1,000,0001,000,000
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Mythos 5
$10
Inkling
$1.87

Cached input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Mythos 5
$1
Inkling
$0.374

Output API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Mythos 5
$50
Inkling
$4.68

Route context

Unit
tokens
Claude Mythos 5
1,000,000
Inkling
1,000,000

Input modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Mythos 5
Not verified
Inkling
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Mythos 5
Not verified
Inkling
Not verified

Evidence provenance

Source records, route identity, timestamps, and methodology are consolidated here without declaring either model a winner.

Publication time
Aug 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Freshness
Stale — Published weekly benchmark evidence has not refreshed within 8 days.
Methodology
benchlm: benchlm_raw_composite
Model records
  • Claude Mythos 5 — source benchlm · artifact models · model claude-mythos-5
  • Inkling — source benchlm · artifact models · model inkling
Selected price routes
  • Claude Mythos 5 — route benchlm:claude-mythos-5 · source benchlm · provider anthropic
  • Inkling — route benchlm:inkling · source benchlm · provider thinking-machines-lab

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