Trinity Large Thinking vs Mistral Large
Updated October 21, 2026. 31 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 7.5x less, and where the context window is larger, 262K against 128K tokens.
- Shared results
- 31
- Trinity Large Thinking only
- 21
- Mistral Large only
- 13
- 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
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking leads, 10.8 against 5.8.
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
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Mistral Large has a GPQA Diamond result, 47.7%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Large has a AIME result, 9.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Mistral Large has a MMLU Pro result, 69.7%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Trinity Large Thinking has a Design Arena: websites result, 1137.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking takes 262K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking $0.0006, Mistral Large $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Trinity Large Thinking not benchmarked, Mistral Large not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 21.3 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run): Trinity Large Thinking 75.2% against Mistral Large 35.1%, 40.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Trinity Large Thinking $0.80 against Mistral Large $6.00 per million output tokens, 7.5x apart.
- Context window
- Trinity Large Thinking takes 262K tokens, Mistral Large 128K.
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 | Mistral Large | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 31 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1238 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| AA Coding Index | 25.8 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.1% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| SciCode | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.7% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1357 | 1275 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1362 | 1274 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| 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 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.8 | 5.8 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 122.1 | Only Mistral Large measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 47.7% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.2% | 35.1% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 3.5% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1342 | 1257 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1359 | 1208 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1356 | 1268 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 9.2% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.4% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.2% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1365 | 1261 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1350 | 1257 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 69.7% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 57.9% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 54.7% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 68.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1355 | 1260 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1255 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1345 | 1275 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1329 | 1238 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1137 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| 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 index170
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 56.3% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 60.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1265 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1326 | 1249 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1308 | 1242 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: English | 1356 | 1284 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1325 | 1235 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1371 | 1239 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: German | 1356 | 1242 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1312 | 1170 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1306 | 1202 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: French | 1366 | 1325 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1327 | 1268 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1338 | 1252 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1312 | 1157 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1320 | 1260 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1318 | 1261 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1317 | 1261 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1296 | 1230 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| 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 | Mistral Large | 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 | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Arcee AI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | February 26, 2024 |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.80 | $6.00 |
| 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 Mistral Large 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 7.5x less, and where the context window is larger, 262K against 128K tokens.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or Mistral Large?
Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Mistral Large costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or Mistral Large?
Trinity Large Thinking, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Trinity Large Thinking vs Mistral Large comparison based on?
31 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Mistral Large's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.