Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Trinity Large Thinking

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek-R1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 8 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 46.3 to 34.1.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2.15 for DeepSeek-R1.
  • Trinity Large Thinking accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 164K.
  • Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
DeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
ProviderDeepSeekArcee AI
Noometry Index42.338.6
Released2025-01-202026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K262K
Max output64K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.15$0.80
Results tracked5224

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
SciCode35.7%36.1%
LMArena Coding14271381
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
LMArena WebDev—1238
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
CritPt1.1%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14161350
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—16.5%
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math14001366
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%6.9%
LMArena Expert13941360
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14121325
LMArena Chinese14421373
LMArena French14171374
LMArena German14041356
LMArena Japanese13911311
LMArena Korean13601306
LMArena Russian14231337
LMArena Spanish14111357

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following13821334
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query13911355
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14281340
LMArena Creative Writing14051320
LMArena Multi-Turn14051342
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Trinity Large Thinking?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek-R1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-R1 or Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-R1 lists at $0.50 and $2.15.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Trinity Large Thinking does, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Trinity Large Thinking share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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