Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 40.9 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | 1381 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Trinity Large Thinking: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1350 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1366 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 6.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | 1360 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | 1373 |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | 1337 |
| LMArena French | — | 1374 |
| LMArena German | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1357 |
Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1334 |
Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 2.6× 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 8B or Trinity Large Thinking?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.
Is Ministral 8B or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.0 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Trinity Large Thinking share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.