Arcee AI: Trinity Mini
Analysis Summary
Trinity Mini from Arcee AI is a text model with a 131,072-token context window, tool use, and function calling. Its listed input and output prices are low at $0.045 and $0.15. The provided record contains no benchmark results, so its reasoning, coding, instruction-following, and agentic reliability cannot be assessed against measured alternatives from this information.
The context and tool features make it a candidate for a controlled trial in routine tool-connected workflows, particularly where call volume makes price important. Those product features are not evidence of reliable execution, however, so avoid assigning it unsupervised client tasks before testing. Start with a small evaluation set that reflects real prompts, tool calls, and failure cases, then compare quality and retry rates with established options. Until that testing is available, treat it as an emerging budget option rather than a production default.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Trinity Mini lists tool use, function calling, a 131K context window, and very low prices, but has no benchmark results in the provided data to establish production reliability.
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DFO Verdict
Trinity Mini lists tool use, function calling, a 131K context window, and very low prices, but has no benchmark results in the provided data to establish production reliability.
How Arcee AI: Trinity Mini compares
Its 131K-token context window is larger than 50% of the models we list. At $0.05 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 72% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.05 | $0.000045 |
| Output | $0.15 | $0.000150 |
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Talk to our teamAbout Arcee AI: Trinity Mini
Trinity Mini is a 26B-parameter (3B active) sparse mixture-of-experts language model featuring 128 experts with 8 active per token. Engineered for efficient reasoning over long contexts (131k) with robust function..
Frequently asked questions about Arcee AI: Trinity Mini
How much does Arcee AI: Trinity Mini cost?
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Arcee AI: Trinity Mini?
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
What can Arcee AI: Trinity Mini do?
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Arcee AI: Trinity Mini?
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini is developed by Arcee AI and was released on December 1, 2025.