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Mistral Large 3 vs Trinity-Large-Thinking

Updated November 13, 2026. Rank says Trinity-Large-Thinking is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. Use the documented cost, context, and runtime rows instead. 0 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Mistral logo

Mistral

33.35/100

Estimated · Public rank #162

Conditional range 23.6–43.1

Model B
Arcee AI logo

Arcee AI

43.24/100

Estimated · Public rank #133

Conditional range 28.9–57.6

API price per 1M tokens

Mistral Large 3: $0.50 input / $1.50 output

Trinity-Large-Thinking: $0.25 input / $0.90 output

Context window

Mistral Large 3: 256K

Trinity-Large-Thinking: 512K

Released

Mistral Large 3: December 2, 2025

Trinity-Large-Thinking: March 10, 2026

Shared results
0
Mistral Large 3 only
4
Trinity-Large-Thinking only
7
Like-for-like categories
1 / 8
Estimated: Mistral Large 3 and Trinity-Large-Thinking. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Trinity-Large-Thinking

    Trinity-Large-Thinking has the higher public coding point estimate, 18.6 to 15.8, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Trinity-Large-Thinking

    Trinity-Large-Thinking has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Trinity-Large-Thinking

    Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
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  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Trinity-Large-Thinking

    Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Mistral Large 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Trinity-Large-Thinking has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Trinity-Large-Thinking

    Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    Mistral Large 3 and Trinity-Large-Thinking are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

15.8Mistral Large 318.6Trinity-Large-Thinking

Like-for-like · BenchAlign v5.8

Trinity-Large-Thinking has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

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What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

4 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

A shared-evidence shape is not available.

BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, reasoning, multimodal, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Coding

Like-for-like
Mistral Large 3
15.8
Supported · #143/162
Trinity-Large-Thinking
18.6
Supported · #138/162
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 1 public rows
Reading
Trinity-Large-Thinking leads · intervals overlap

Agentic

Directional only
Mistral Large 3
18.8
Estimated · #121/135
Trinity-Large-Thinking
22.7
Estimated · #117/135
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Directional only
Mistral Large 3
25.5
Estimated · #134/160
Trinity-Large-Thinking
30.2
Estimated · #121/160
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Mistral Large 3
32.3
Supported · #142/180
Trinity-Large-Thinking
36.9
Estimated · #129/180
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
Mistral Large 3
41.5
#122/157
Trinity-Large-Thinking
28.9
#140/157
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Multimodal

Not comparable
Mistral Large 3
Not ranked
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Mistral Large 3
Not ranked
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Mistral Large 3
Not ranked
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, reasoning, multimodal, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Mistral Large 3
$0.00125
Fits in one request
Trinity-Large-Thinking
$0.0007
Fits in one request

Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Large 3
$0.0295
Fits in one request
Trinity-Large-Thinking
$0.0152
Fits in one request

Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Large 3
$0.125
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Trinity-Large-Thinking
$0.064
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate

Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower modeled cost

Mistral Large 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Trinity-Large-Thinking has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Your workload

Enter a month of tokens to price it at both models’ listed API rates.

Mistral Large 3
$8.00
per month
Trinity-Large-Thinking
$4.30
per month

Standard listed rates, no batch or volume discounts.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Mistral Large 3

256K

Trinity-Large-Thinking

512K

API model ID

Mistral Large 3

Not sourced

Trinity-Large-Thinking

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Mistral Large 3

Not published

Trinity-Large-Thinking

Not published

Provider availability

Mistral Large 3

Not sourced

Trinity-Large-Thinking

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Mistral Large 3

Non-Reasoning

Trinity-Large-Thinking

Reasoning

Weight access

Mistral Large 3

Open Weight

Trinity-Large-Thinking

Open Weight

License

Mistral Large 3

Open Weight

Trinity-Large-Thinking

Open Weight

Release date

Mistral Large 3

2025-12-02

Trinity-Large-Thinking

2026-03-10

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict.
Workload cost
Repository review: $0.0295 vs $0.0152. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.125 vs $0.064.
Context tradeoff
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the larger documented window (512K).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Mistral Large 3 or Trinity-Large-Thinking?

The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Large 3 or Trinity-Large-Thinking?

Trinity-Large-Thinking has the higher public coding point estimate, 18.6 to 15.8, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Trinity-Large-Thinking?

Trinity-Large-Thinking scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 22.7 to 18.8. Mistral Large 3 and Trinity-Large-Thinking are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, Mistral Large 3 or Trinity-Large-Thinking?

For the stated presets, chat costs $0.00125 on Mistral Large 3 and $0.0007 on Trinity-Large-Thinking; repository review costs $0.0295 and $0.0152; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.125 and $0.064. Mistral Large 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Trinity-Large-Thinking has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Large 3 or Trinity-Large-Thinking?

Trinity-Large-Thinking has the larger documented context window: 512K, compared with 256K.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Mistral Large 3
API / mo$1,500
Self-host / mo$27,962
Break-evenNot reached at 70% load
Trinity-Large-Thinking
API / mo$863
Self-host / mo$13,981
Break-evenNot reached at 70% load
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence11 rows

Agentic

  • τ²-bench Airline

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking88.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking32.55%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Mistral Large 355.3%
    Source
    Trinity-Large-Thinking—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Mistral Large 341.4%
    Source
    Trinity-Large-Thinking—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified*

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking63.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Mistral Large 368.4%
    Source
    Trinity-Large-Thinking—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Mistral Large 379.8%
    Source
    Trinity-Large-Thinking—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking76.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Arcee)

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking83.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking52.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME25 (Arcee)

    Mistral Large 3—
    Trinity-Large-Thinking96.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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Last updated November 13, 2026