Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Arcee AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 1 category and Trinity Large Thinking in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 37.6 to 26.2.
- Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
- Trinity Large Thinking accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 40K | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | 36.1% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1381 |
Reasoning Trinity Large Thinking leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1350 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Trinity Large Thinking leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1360 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | 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 Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1334 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small 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; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Magistral Small or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Trinity Large Thinking does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Trinity Large Thinking share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.