# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Inkling 2 Small - AI Model Comparison

- Page: https://opencode.ai/data/compare/deepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017/thinkingmachines/inkling-2-small
- Updated: 2026-11-09T04:07:13.000Z

|  | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Inkling 2 Small |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | DeepSeek | Thinking Machines |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 384K | 131K |
| Input modalities | text, image | text, image |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| Release date | 2026-10-17 | 2026-11-05 |
| Input price per 1M tokens | $0.30 | - |
| Output price per 1M tokens | $1.20 | - |
| Cached input price per 1M tokens | $0.0060 | - |
| OpenCode tokens: past 2 months | 3.7T | 952B |
| Share of all tokens | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Rank by tokens last week | #12 | #10 |
| Unique users | 101K | 3.2K |
| Weekly retention | - | - |

Model pages: [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017](https://opencode.ai/data/deepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017.md), [Inkling 2 Small](https://opencode.ai/data/thinkingmachines/inkling-2-small.md)

## Methodology

- Updates: Aggregated every hour. Days and weeks use UTC.
- Tokens: Input, output, reasoning, and cached tokens for each request.
- Users and sessions: Approximate counts of distinct users and OpenCode sessions.
- Cost: Session cost is the average cost per OpenCode session. Token prices are list prices from the OpenCode model catalog.
- Retention: The share of a model's users in one week who use it again the next week.
- Citation: Cite OpenCode Data (opencode.ai/data) with the update time shown at the top of the page.