Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Trinity Large Thinking

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 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 GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 91.3% for GPT-5.4 and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
GPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
ProviderOpenAIArcee AI
Noometry Index59.438.6
Released2026-03-052026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K80K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$15$0.80
Results tracked6824

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev14651238
SciCode56.6%36.1%
LMArena Coding14971381
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%16.5%
CritPt23.4%0.9%
Thematic Generalization80%41.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851350
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%6.9%
LMArena Expert15071360
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14651325
LMArena Chinese15191373
LMArena French14931374
LMArena German14721356
LMArena Japanese14851311
LMArena Korean14481306
LMArena Russian14801337
LMArena Spanish14541357

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following14691334

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query14731355
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14691340
LMArena Creative Writing14391320
LMArena Multi-Turn14821342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Trinity Large Thinking?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 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; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Trinity Large Thinking share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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