Ministral 14B vs Seed 1.6 Flash vs Trinity Nano Preview
Seed 1.6 Flash comes out ahead, 56 to 45 and 25 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Mistral AIMinistral 14B
45/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.20
- Context262K
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 1.6 Flash
56/100- ECI—
- Price$0.022 / $0.223
- Context256K
Arcee AITrinity Nano Preview
25/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context131K
Seed 1.6 Flash is our pick
Seed 1.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Ministral 14B (45) and Trinity Nano Preview (25). It leads on inputs & features. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceSeed 1.6 FlashSeed 1.6 Flash $0.072 · Ministral 14B $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Trinity Nano Preview unpriced
- Longest contextMinistral 14BMinistral 14B 262,144 · Seed 1.6 Flash 256,000 · Trinity Nano Preview 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsMinistral 14B and Seed 1.6 FlashMinistral 14B: Text, Images · Seed 1.6 Flash: Text, Images · Trinity Nano Preview: Text
- Self-hostingMinistral 14B and Trinity Nano PreviewPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0 and OpenMDW-1.1)
| Measure | Weight | Ministral 14B | Seed 1.6 Flash | Trinity Nano Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 50 | 70 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 37 | 36 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 45/100 | 56/100 | 25/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Ministral 14BMistral AI | Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed | Trinity Nano PreviewArcee AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.20 | $0.022 (best) | — |
| Output | $0.20 (best) | $0.223 | — |
| Cached input | — | $0.0044 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.20 | $0.072 (best) | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 32K: $0.045 / $0.445 | — |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Official Volcengine Ark API | — |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens (best) | 256,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 262,144 tokens (best) | 32,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenApache-2.0 | Proprietary | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 |
| API model ID | — | doubao-seed-1-6-flash-250828 | — |
| API providers | 1 | 2 (best) | — |
| Released | Dec 2, 2025 | Aug 28, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Ministral 14B$2.40
- Seed 1.6 Flash$0.668
- Trinity Nano Preview—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Ministral 14B, Seed 1.6 Flash or Trinity Nano Preview?
Seed 1.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Ministral 14B (45) and Trinity Nano Preview (25). It leads on inputs & features. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 14B, Seed 1.6 Flash or Trinity Nano Preview?
Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.022 input / $0.223 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). Ministral 14B costs $0.20 input / $0.20 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.072 per million tokens for Seed 1.6 Flash versus $0.20 for Ministral 14B (2.8× as much). Trinity Nano Preview has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Ministral 14B has not been scored yet, Seed 1.6 Flash has not been scored yet and Trinity Nano Preview has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Ministral 14B, Seed 1.6 Flash and Trinity Nano Preview yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 14B has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 256,000 for Seed 1.6 Flash and 131,072 for Trinity Nano Preview. Maximum output per response: Ministral 14B up to 262,144, Seed 1.6 Flash up to 32,000, Trinity Nano Preview up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Ministral 14B accepts text and images; Seed 1.6 Flash accepts text and images; Trinity Nano Preview accepts text. Ministral 14B handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Ministral 14B and Trinity Nano Preview publishes its weights (Apache-2.0 and OpenMDW-1.1) and can be self-hosted; Seed 1.6 Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Ministral 14B is the newest, released Dec 2, 2025. Trinity Nano Preview came out Dec 1, 2025; Seed 1.6 Flash came out Aug 28, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
