Trinity Large Thinking vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Trinity Large Thinking leads Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 10.8 to 7.3, at about the same output price ($0.80 vs $0.75 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 7 benchmarks have a result for both.
Trinity Large Thinking or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 7
- Trinity Large Thinking only
- 45
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct only
- 4
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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 7.3.
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
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Trinity Large Thinking $0.0006, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Trinity Large Thinking not benchmarked, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 60.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Trinity Large Thinking 90.1% against Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct 29.2%, 60.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Trinity Large Thinking $0.80 against Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct $0.75 per million output tokens, 1.1x 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 | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B 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 | 35.3% | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| SciCode | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.7% | 3.8% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| 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 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.8 | 7.3 | 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 VL 8B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | 29.2% | 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 index20
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.2% | 57.9% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 3.8% | 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 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 30.7 | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 30.7% | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct 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 | Qwen3 VL 8B 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 | 74.9% | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct 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 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1137 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1042 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1078 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1098 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1081 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1116 | Not measured | Only Trinity Large Thinking measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1016 | 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 index20
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 56.3% | 39.9% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 33.3% | Trinity Large Thinking |
| 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 26 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Trinity Large Thinking | Qwen3 VL 8B 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
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 VL 8B 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 VL 8B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Arcee AI | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | October 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.80 | $0.75 |
| 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 VL 8B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.25 and $0.75. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Trinity Large Thinking vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct comparison based on?
7 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.