Microsoft vs Thinkingmachines
Battle of the providers: Comparing the frontier models from both Microsoft and Thinkingmachines to find the best cost-to-performance leaders.
Cross-Provider Frontier Leaders
| Frontier Model |
LMArena Elo |
API Cost (1M) |
Throughput |
| Inkling |
1442 |
$0.000001 |
50 |
| Inkling-Small |
1405 |
$4.5e-7 |
291 |
| Phi-4 |
1256 |
$7e-8 |
81 |
*These models represent the Pareto Frontier (optimal cost-to-performance).*