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Hy4 vs Inkling Small: API price, context & features · api14

Tencent: Hy4 vs Thinking Machines: Inkling Small

A side-by-side comparison of Tencent: Hy4 ($1.46 / 1M tokens) and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($1.58 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.

Specifications

	Tencent: Hy4	Thinking Machines: Inkling Small
Provider	Tencent	Thinking Machines
Input	$1.46 / 1M tokens	$1.58 / 1M tokens
Output	$4.38 / 1M tokens	$4.20 / 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.07 / 1M tokens	$0.35 / 1M tokens
Context window	1,048,576	524,288
Max output	65,536	262,144
Input	text, image	text, image, audio
Output	text	text
Tool calling
Structured output
Reasoning control
Added	Nov 4, 2026	Jul 30, 2026

Key differences

Tencent: Hy4 is 7% cheaper on input tokens.
Tencent: Hy4 reads 2.0× more context (1,048,576 tokens).
Only Tencent: Hy4 supports structured JSON output.
A request with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens costs $0.00365 with Tencent: Hy4 and $0.00368 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Small.

Switch with one string

Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "tencent/hy4" to "thinkingmachines/inkling-small" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.

Tencent: Hy4 details & playground →Thinking Machines: Inkling Small details & playground →

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "thinkingmachines/inkling-small",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."
    }
  ]
});
console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);

Tencent: Hy4 vs Thinking Machines: Inkling Small

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