Trinity Large Thinking vs Kimi K2 0905
Updated October 21, 2026. 9 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Trinity Large Thinking has the edge where output tokens cost 3.1x less, and where what matters is Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 9
- Trinity Large Thinking only
- 43
- Kimi K2 0905 only
- 7
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2 0905
Kimi K2 0905 leads, 15.3 against 10.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Trinity Large Thinking has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking leads, 1137 against 1089.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 262K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking $0.0006, Kimi K2 0905 $0.0019 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Trinity Large Thinking not benchmarked, Kimi K2 0905 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 16.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Trinity Large Thinking 90.1% against Kimi K2 0905 73.4%, 16.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Trinity Large Thinking $0.80 against Kimi K2 0905 $2.50 per million output tokens, 3.1x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 262K tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Trinity Large Thinking | Bars | Kimi K2 0905 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 2 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 5 | 4 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index01
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1238 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| AA Coding Index | 25.8 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 61.0% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| SciCode | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.7% | 23.5% | Kimi K2 0905 |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 36.7% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 267.1 | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1357 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1362 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1231 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1240 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.8 | 15.3 | Kimi K2 0905 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | 73.4% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.2% | 76.7% | Kimi K2 0905 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 6.4% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1342 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1359 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1356 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 57.3 | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 57.3% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1365 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1350 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 57.9% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 54.7% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1355 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1345 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1329 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1137 | 1089 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1045 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1079 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1098 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1082 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1117 | 1098 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1017 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1041 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 56.3% | 41.7% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 53.0% | Kimi K2 0905 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text | 1340 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1326 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1308 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1356 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1325 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1371 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1356 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1312 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1306 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1366 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1327 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1338 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1312 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1320 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1318 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1317 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1296 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Trinity Large Thinking costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Trinity Large Thinking costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Trinity Large Thinking costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Arcee AI Trinity Large Thinking | MoonshotAI Kimi K2 0905 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Arcee AI | Moonshot AI |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | September 4, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.80 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Trinity Large Thinking better than Kimi K2 0905 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Trinity Large Thinking has the edge where output tokens cost 3.1x less, and where what matters is Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or Kimi K2 0905?
Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 0905 costs $0.60 and $2.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or Kimi K2 0905?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Trinity Large Thinking vs Kimi K2 0905 comparison based on?
9 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Kimi K2 0905's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.