Trinity Large Thinking vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Trinity Large Thinking leads Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 10.8 to 9.6, and Trinity Large Thinking costs 1.4x less per output token ($0.80 vs $1.10 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.
Trinity Large Thinking or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Trinity Large Thinking for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($0.80 vs $1.10 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 35
- Trinity Large Thinking only
- 17
- Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct only
- 6
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking leads, 10.8 against 9.6.
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
No call
Only Trinity Large Thinking has a Design Arena: websites result, 1137.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 262K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
No call
Trinity Large Thinking $0.0006, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Trinity Large Thinking not benchmarked, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 48.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Trinity Large Thinking 90.1% against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct 41.5%, 48.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Trinity Large Thinking $0.80 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct $1.10 per million output tokens, 1.4x 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 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 19 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 31 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index12
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | 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 | 78.4% | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct measured |
| SciCode | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.7% | 9.8% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1357 | 1440 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1362 | 1447 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| 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 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.8 | 9.6 | Trinity Large Thinking |
| 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 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | 41.5% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.2% | 75.9% | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 12.6% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1342 | 1428 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1359 | 1417 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1356 | 1431 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 84.3 | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 84.3% | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1365 | 1440 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1350 | 1434 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | 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 | 82.4% | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1355 | 1434 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1455 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1345 | 1431 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1329 | 1422 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | 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 index019
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 56.3% | 60.7% | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 63.7% | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 55.6% | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1417 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1326 | 1388 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1308 | 1333 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: English | 1356 | 1421 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1325 | 1407 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1371 | 1460 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: German | 1356 | 1416 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1312 | 1395 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1306 | 1363 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: French | 1366 | 1414 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1327 | 1435 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1338 | 1404 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1312 | 1398 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1320 | 1416 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1318 | 1402 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1317 | 1355 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1296 | 1349 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| 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 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | 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
Same cost
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct 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 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Arcee AI | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | September 11, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.80 | $1.10 |
| 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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Trinity Large Thinking for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($0.80 vs $1.10 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?
Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct costs $0.10 and $1.10. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Trinity Large Thinking vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct comparison based on?
35 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.