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Trinity Large Thinking vs DeepSeek V3.2

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 22 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

Trinity Large Thinking
Arcee Ai · profile
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek · profile
Results compared
22
Shared sources
3

Trinity Large Thinking or DeepSeek V3.2? The short answer

  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper: $0.39 against $0.46 per million tokens, 17% less.
  • DeepSeek V3.2 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 21.5 against 10.8.
  • On our business benchmarks, DeepSeek V3.2 ranks higher for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

At a glance

Trinity Large ThinkingDeepSeek V3.2
Price per million tokens$0.25 in · $0.80 out$0.30 in · $0.96 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.39$0.46
Cheapest host, blended–$0.23 (GMICloud, FP8)
Intelligence Index10.821.5
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second344–
Context window262,144 tokens163,840 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inthe USChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseTrinity Large ThinkingDeepSeek V3.2
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 116 of 161 83 of 161
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 120 of 195 81 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 129 of 187 64 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 142 of 153 56 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricTrinity Large ThinkingDeepSeek V3.2
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3711,437
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3671,423
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3321,400
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4011,453
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3571,420
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3681,425
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3431,410
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 25.844.2
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 10.821.5
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 75.2%84.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 15.8%24.6%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 56.3%60.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 38.0%73.3%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 20.6%46.8%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 22.7%35.6%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 90.1%90.6%
OpenHands IndexreportedAverage% resolved 32.1%45.7%
OpenHands IndexreportedFront end (SWE-Bench Multimodal)% resolved 25.0%27.9%
OpenHands IndexreportedGreenfield (Commit0)% resolved 12.5%25.0%
OpenHands IndexreportedInformation gathering (GAIA)% resolved 32.7%50.3%
OpenHands IndexreportedIssue resolution (SWE-Bench)% resolved 56.8%71.6%
OpenHands IndexreportedTesting (SWT-Bench)% resolved 33.3%53.6%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is Trinity Large Thinking better than DeepSeek V3.2?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, DeepSeek V3.2 ranks higher for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Thinking or DeepSeek V3.2?

Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.39 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.46 for DeepSeek V3.2.

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