Model comparison

Qwen3.5 27B vs Trinity Large Thinking

Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 27B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #127 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 27B scores higher in 7 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 27.5 to 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 47.9% for Qwen3.5 27B and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 27B.

Side by side

Qwen3.5 27B and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
Qwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Arcee AI
Noometry Index41.938.6
Released2026-02-232026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output66K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.40$0.80
Results tracked2824

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev13581238
LMArena Coding14271381
SciCode—36.1%
WeirdML39.5%—
ALE-Bench349.45—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.5 27B: —, Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
Vending-Bench 2201.98—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)47.9%16.5%
Thematic Generalization45.5%41.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14141350
CritPt—0.9%
DTBench82.4%—
LMCA34%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%

Math Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math14291366
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions56.7%—

Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.1%6.9%
LMArena Expert14281360

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Vision1241—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English13901325
LMArena Chinese14781373
LMArena French14101374
LMArena German13931356
LMArena Japanese13451311
LMArena Korean13581306
LMArena Russian13901337
LMArena Spanish14071357

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following13931334

Long Context Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query14131355

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 27B leads

Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 27BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14091340
LMArena Creative Writing13621320
LMArena Multi-Turn14101342

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5 27B better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 27B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 27B 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; Qwen3.5 27B lists at $0.30 and $2.40.

Is Qwen3.5 27B or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Qwen3.5 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 27B and Trinity Large Thinking share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 27B has 28 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

Related comparisons

Go deeper