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Trinity Large Thinking vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Trinity Large Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 10.8, and Trinity Large Thinking costs 1.5x less per output token ($0.80 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 39 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Trinity Large Thinking Replace Inkling Small
Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.80
0
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
39
vs boards won of 39 shared

Trinity Large Thinking or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 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 1.5x cheaper ($0.80 vs $1.20 per million).

Model ATrinity Large ThinkingArcee AINot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
39
Trinity Large Thinking only
13
Inkling Small only
45
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.

At a glance

Coding index
Trinity Large Thinking not benchmarked, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 22.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Trinity Large Thinking 38.0% against Inkling Small 75.7%, 37.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Trinity Large Thinking $0.80 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
Context window
Trinity Large Thinking takes 262K tokens, Inkling Small 524K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryTrinity Large ThinkingBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding07
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge05
General018
All shared boards039
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
Coding benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDev12381409Inkling Small
AA Coding Index25.852.9Inkling Small
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured13.7%Only Inkling Small measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling Small measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured9.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured55.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SciCode40.6%49.7%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)22.7%Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
LMArena Text: coding13571450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT13621447Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: React12311399Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: HTML12401398Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index10.825.7Inkling Small
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.3Only Inkling Small measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index1.023.5Inkling Small
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured41.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Inkling Small measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured25.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured2.9%Only Inkling Small measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.8%Only Inkling Small measured
τ²-Bench Telecom90.1%Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)75.2%89.5%Inkling Small
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)15.8%33.3%Inkling Small
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured88.5%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13421423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert13591441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13561429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured90.0%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured46.3%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured17.1%Only Inkling Small measured
ProofBenchNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: math13651459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work13501441Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling Small measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)57.9%Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)54.7%69.6%Inkling Small
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science13551428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13491413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government13451415Inkling Small
LMArena Text: business and finance13291413Inkling Small
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
Web design benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
Design Arena: websites1137Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: UI components1042Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: game dev1078Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: data viz1098Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: 3D1081Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: all code categories1117Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: SVG1016Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1041Not measuredOnly 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 index018
General benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
IFBench56.3%Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)38.0%75.7%Inkling Small
Surface Evolver Bench15.6%Not measuredOnly Trinity Large Thinking measured
LMArena Text13401413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following13261399Inkling Small
LMArena Text: creative writing13081334Inkling Small
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English13561421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13251401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese13711464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13561408Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Japanese13121401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean13061367Inkling Small
LMArena Text: French13661435Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Spanish13271422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian13381394Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Polish13121428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: multi-turn13201416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries13181402Inkling Small
LMArena Text: writing and language13171357Inkling Small
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12961352Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1292Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1205Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
BenchmarkTrinity Large ThinkingInkling SmallLeader
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$0.0006Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Trinity Large Thinking costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Trinity Large Thinking$0.015Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Trinity Large Thinking costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Trinity Large Thinking$0.058Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of Trinity Large Thinking and Inkling Small
SpecificationArcee AI Trinity Large ThinkingThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerArcee AIThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 1, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.25$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.80$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it14
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Trinity Large Thinking better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 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 1.5x cheaper ($0.80 vs $1.20 per million).

Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or Inkling Small?

Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Trinity Large Thinking vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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