Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Trinity Large Thinking
Which is better for the money: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA or Trinity Large Thinking by Arcee AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Trinity Large Thinking vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 16.3% less intelligence, 151.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 9.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 12.9 | 10.8 | −16.3% Trinity Large Thinking is 16.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $92.76 | $232.95 | +151.1% Trinity Large Thinking is 2.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.16s | 8.30s | −9.4% Trinity Large Thinking is 9.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.06 / $0.20 | $0.25 / $0.80 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
- 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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