Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Trinity Large Thinking

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 1 category and Trinity Large Thinking in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 37.6 to 24.1.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for GPT-4.1 mini.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 mini and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
GPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderOpenAIArcee AI
Noometry Index33.638.6
Released2025-04-142026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output33K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$0.80
Results tracked4724

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Category by category

Coding Trinity Large Thinking leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
SciCode40.4%36.1%
LMArena Coding13671381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
LMArena WebDev—1238
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Trinity Large Thinking leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
CritPt0%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts13491350
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—16.5%
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Trinity Large Thinking leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math13431366
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Expert13381360
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.9%
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English13181325
LMArena Chinese13291373
LMArena French13581374
LMArena German13511356
LMArena Japanese12901311
LMArena Korean12981306
LMArena Russian13241337
LMArena Spanish13191357

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following13331334
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query13441355
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text13401340
LMArena Creative Writing13001320
LMArena Multi-Turn13541342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini 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; GPT-4.1 mini lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Trinity Large Thinking scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Trinity Large Thinking share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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