Trinity Large Thinking vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Trinity Large Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 10.8, and Trinity Large Thinking costs 3.0x less per output token ($0.80 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 46 benchmarks have a result for both.
Trinity Large Thinking or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Trinity Large Thinking has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Trinity Large Thinking for output tokens 3.0x cheaper ($0.80 vs $2.40 per million) and work measured by SciCode or τ²-Bench Telecom, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 46
- Trinity Large Thinking only
- 6
- Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- 24
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads, 22.9 against 10.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads, 20.1 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a GPQA Diamond result, 86.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a MMLU Pro result, 85.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads, 1145 against 1137.
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, Nemotron 3 Ultra $0.0018 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Trinity Large Thinking not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 18.4 points apart on average over 18 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Trinity Large Thinking 38.0% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 79.3%, 41.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Trinity Large Thinking $0.80 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 3.0x 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 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 0 | 18 | ||
| All shared boards | 2 | 44 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index14
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1238 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| AA Coding Index | 25.8 | 49.3 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SciCode | 40.6% | 40.3% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.7% | 36.4% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 13.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 43.5% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1357 | 1468 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1362 | 1468 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| 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 23 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.8 | 22.9 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 146.0 | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 20.1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | 83.3% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 22.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 86.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.2% | 86.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 28.4% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 85.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1342 | 1452 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1359 | 1472 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1356 | 1453 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 86.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 2.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1365 | 1457 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1350 | 1461 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 85.8% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 57.9% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 54.7% | 65.5% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1355 | 1465 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1456 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1345 | 1452 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1329 | 1434 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1137 | 1145 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1042 | 1136 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1078 | 1138 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1098 | 1142 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1081 | 1131 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1117 | 1146 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1016 | 1069 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1041 | 1100 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 56.3% | 81.4% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 79.3% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| DTBench | Not measured | 90.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 36.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1445 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1326 | 1418 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1308 | 1399 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: English | 1356 | 1455 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1325 | 1427 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1371 | 1497 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1356 | 1472 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1312 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1306 | 1384 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1366 | 1472 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1327 | 1455 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1338 | 1417 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1312 | 1385 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1320 | 1411 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1318 | 1437 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1317 | 1406 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1296 | 1397 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Nemotron 3 Ultra | 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 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Arcee AI | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | June 4, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.80 | $2.40 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 30.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Trinity Large Thinking better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Trinity Large Thinking has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Trinity Large Thinking for output tokens 3.0x cheaper ($0.80 vs $2.40 per million) and work measured by SciCode or τ²-Bench Telecom, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Trinity Large Thinking vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?
46 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.