Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Trinity Large Thinking
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite by Google or Trinity Large Thinking by Arcee AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Trinity Large Thinking vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: 30.8% less intelligence, 49.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 36.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Trinity Large Thinking | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 15.6 | 10.8 | −30.8% Trinity Large Thinking is 30.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $155.87 | $232.95 | +49.5% Trinity Large Thinking is 49.5% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.06s | 8.25s | +36.1% Trinity Large Thinking is 36.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.25 / $1.50 | $0.25 / $0.80 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- Trinity Large Thinking is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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