Who ranks #1 on the Simpleqa Verified leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, Inkling-Small by Thinking Machines ranks #1 on Simpleqa Verified at 20.6%. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, Inkling-Small is #1 for Simpleqa Verified at 20.6%. Ranked by the Simpleqa Verified score 1 models in this index have a published Simpleqa Verified score. Simpleqa Verified leaderboard: rank models by Simpleqa Verified next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, Inkling-Small by Thinking Machines is #1 for Simpleqa Verified at 20.6%. Ranked by the Simpleqa Verified score This board also tracks Simpleqa Verified. This simpleqa verified leaderboard ranks models by Simpleqa Verified. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
| Rank | Model | Simpleqa Verified | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inkling-Small | 20.6% | $0.30 | $1.20 |
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As of August 20, 2026, Inkling-Small by Thinking Machines ranks #1 on Simpleqa Verified at 20.6%. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output.
Inkling-Small currently leads Simpleqa Verified and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output ($1.50 blended).
Not automatically. Inkling-Small leads Simpleqa Verified, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Simpleqa Verified against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.
Simpleqa Verified is a public LLM eval (the Simpleqa Verified score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Simpleqa Verified leaderboard. Models are sorted by Simpleqa Verified, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Simpleqa Verified score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.