Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Trinity Large Thinking

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.9

Rank #68 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.1

Rank #180 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 8 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 46.4 to 33.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Thematic Generalization: 65% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 41.6% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper at $0.26 / $0.38 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 164K.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderDeepSeekArcee AI
Noometry Index44.938.1
Released2025-09-292026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K262K
Max output66K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.26$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.38$0.80
Results tracked4824

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.4 (#61), Trinity Large Thinking: 33.8 (#238)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev13621238
SciCode38.9%36.1%
LMArena Coding14541381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
WeirdML39.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 37.9 (#31), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.0 (#185), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.3 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%16.5%
CritPt2.9%0.9%
Thematic Generalization65%41.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14331350
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index146.28—

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 40.8 (#75), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.9 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math14351366
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.6 (#61), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.3 (#107)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%6.9%
LMArena Expert14361359
GPQA Diamond83.4%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.4 (#85), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.4 (#155)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14091325
LMArena Chinese14611372
LMArena French14351374
LMArena German14401356
LMArena Japanese13771312
LMArena Korean13721304
LMArena Russian14231338
LMArena Spanish14411356

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.7 (#89), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.7 (#157)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following14131334

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#15), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.2 (#139)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query14281355
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.5 (#73), Trinity Large Thinking: 54.0 (#152)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14251340
LMArena Creative Writing14031321
LMArena Multi-Turn14271342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Trinity Large Thinking?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper. It lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.38 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Trinity Large Thinking does, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Trinity Large Thinking share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 48 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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