Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Trinity Large Thinking

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-120b costs 5.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.3

Rank #217 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 4 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where gpt-oss-120b leads 52.5 to 37.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Surface Evolver Bench: 25% for gpt-oss-120b and 15.6% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • gpt-oss-120b is cheaper at $0.037 / $0.17 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
gpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderOpenAIArcee AI
Noometry Index36.338.6
Released2025-08-052026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K262K
Max output41K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.037$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.17$0.80
Results tracked4824

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

gpt-oss-120b: 33.5 (#256), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
SciCode36%36.1%
LMArena Coding13801381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)26%—
Aider Polyglot41.8%—
LMArena WebDev—1238
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench575.62—
AlgoTune1.41—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 12.2 (#153), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
Terminal-Bench18.7%—
APEX-Agents4.4%—
METR Time Horizons56.6%—
Vending-Bench 2-21.53—

Reasoning gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 20.0 (#245), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
CritPt1.1%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts13641350
Surface Evolver Bench25%15.6%
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—16.5%
Chess Puzzles20%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles2%—
DTBench76.3%—
LMCA22.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.93—

Math gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 52.5 (#50), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math13891366
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 42.4 (#96), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%6.9%
LMArena Expert13561360
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro79.5%—
Confabulations15.7%—
GPQA (HELM)68.4%—

Multilingual gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 48.0 (#147), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English13511325
LMArena Chinese13851373
LMArena French13691374
LMArena German13531356
LMArena Japanese13311311
LMArena Korean12821306
LMArena Russian13431337
LMArena Spanish13891357

Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.3 (#173), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following13181334
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#278), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query13191355
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.5 (#217), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text13651340
LMArena Creative Writing12751320
LMArena Multi-Turn13401342
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-120b costs 5.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-120b or Trinity Large Thinking?

gpt-oss-120b is cheaper. It lists at $0.037 per million input tokens and $0.17 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (33.5 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Trinity Large Thinking does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Trinity Large Thinking share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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