Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Trinity Large Thinking

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89.6% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderDeepSeekArcee AI
Noometry Index53.638.6
Released2026-04-242026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output393K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.80
Results tracked4124

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev15821238
SciCode49.9%36.1%
LMArena Coding14571381
FrontierCode18.8%—
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%16.5%
CritPt16.6%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14441350
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math14271366
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Expert14411360
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.9%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14201325
LMArena Chinese14681373
LMArena French14391374
LMArena German14181356
LMArena Japanese14061311
LMArena Korean13841306
LMArena Russian14281337
LMArena Spanish14361357

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following14211334

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query14341355

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14321340
LMArena Creative Writing14031320
LMArena Multi-Turn14491342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Trinity Large Thinking?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or Trinity Large Thinking?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Trinity Large Thinking share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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