Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Ministral 3B scores higher in 1 category and Trinity Large Thinking in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 40.9 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 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
| Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1381 |
Reasoning Ministral 3B leads
Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1350 |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | — |
Math Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | 6.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1360 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | 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
Ministral 3B: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1334 |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3B or Trinity Large Thinking?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 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 Ministral 3B and Trinity Large Thinking share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.