Model comparison
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 vs Trinity Large Thinking
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 and Trinity Large Thinking score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.2 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Step 2 16k Exp 202412 scores higher in 2 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads 25.9 to 16.9.
- Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | StepFun | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.2 | 38.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 38.5 (#174), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1316 | 1381 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
Reasoning Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 25.9 (#142), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1299 | 1350 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Trinity Large Thinking leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 36.3 (#169), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1304 | 1366 |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 35.2 (#187), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1360 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 43.7 (#181), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1290 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1373 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1337 |
| LMArena French | — | 1374 |
| LMArena German | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1357 |
Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 67.9 (#192), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1287 | 1334 |
Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 39.7 (#170), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1307 | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 52.3 (#173), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1321 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1328 | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1292 | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Step 2 16k Exp 202412 better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 and Trinity Large Thinking score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.2 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Step 2 16k Exp 202412 or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Step 2 16k Exp 202412 and Trinity Large Thinking share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Step 2 16k Exp 202412 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.