Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 9.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Arcee AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 40.9 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 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
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 118K | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1381 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1350 |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1360 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1373 |
| LMArena French | — | 1374 |
| LMArena German | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1357 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1334 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1320 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 9.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Trinity Large Thinking?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.
Which has the bigger context window?
Trinity Large Thinking does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Trinity Large Thinking share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.