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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Trinity Large Thinking

Google · released

Wins 6 of 6 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions

Arcee AI · released

Wins 0 of 6 areas

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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is the stronger all-rounder.Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper.

Scores updated · 22 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview$0.25 to read · $1.50 to write$1.75Price from Artificial Analysis
Trinity Large Thinking$0.25 to read · $0.80 to write$1.05Price from Artificial Analysis

Trinity Large Thinking costs 40% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview pulls ahead

  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+36.3points aheadGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview74.3Trinity Large Thinking38
  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+20.9points aheadGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview77.2Trinity Large Thinking56.3
  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+13.8points aheadGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview36.3Trinity Large Thinking22.5

Where Trinity Large Thinking pulls ahead

No clear win on a test scored out of 100.

Every test, side by side

All 22 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Full coding ranking

AgentsGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Full agents ranking

ReasoningGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Full reasoning ranking

FactsGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Full facts ranking

Long documentsGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
  • AA-LCRGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview by 36.374.338+36.3

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
  • IFBenchGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview by 20.977.256.3+20.9

Full following instructions ranking

Other results7 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Trinity Large Thinking?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview wins all six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Trinity Large Thinking wins none, but costs 40% less.

Which is better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview. It wins 4 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Trinity Large Thinking wins none.

Which is cheaper?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 and $0.80. That makes Trinity Large Thinking about 40% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 22 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.