Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Trinity Large Thinking

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 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 Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderGoogleArcee AI
Noometry Index61.838.6
Released2026-09-022026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.80
Results tracked5024

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev15841238
SciCode56.6%36.1%
LMArena Coding15101381
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%16.5%
CritPt18.3%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081350
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%15.6%
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math15281366
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Expert15241360
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14911325
LMArena Chinese15541373
LMArena French14981374
LMArena German14931356
LMArena Japanese15021311
LMArena Korean14591306
LMArena Russian15151337
LMArena Spanish14851357

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following14901334

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query15081355

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14991340
LMArena Creative Writing14921320
LMArena Multi-Turn15011342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Trinity Large Thinking share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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