Ministral 14B vs Seed 2.0 Lite vs Trinity Large Preview
Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 62 to 45 and 34 on our weighted score.
Mistral AIMinistral 14B
45/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.20
- Context262K
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 2.0 Lite
62/100- ECI—
- Price$0.089 / $0.534
- Context256K
Arcee AITrinity Large Preview
34/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context524K
Seed 2.0 Lite is our pick
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 62/100 against Ministral 14B (45) and Trinity Large Preview (34). It leads on inputs & features. Trinity Large Preview wins on context window. 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 priceMinistral 14BMinistral 14B $0.20 · Seed 2.0 Lite $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Trinity Large Preview unpriced
- Longest contextTrinity Large PreviewTrinity Large Preview 524,288 · Ministral 14B 262,144 · Seed 2.0 Lite 256,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteMinistral 14B: Text, Images · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video · Trinity Large Preview: Text
- Self-hostingMinistral 14B and Trinity Large PreviewPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0 and OpenMDW-1.1)
| Measure | Weight | Ministral 14B | Seed 2.0 Lite | Trinity Large Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 50 | 80 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 37 | 36 | 49 |
| Overall | 100% | 45/100 | 62/100 | 34/100 |
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 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed | Trinity Large PreviewArcee AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.20 | $0.089 (best) | — |
| Output | $0.20 (best) | $0.534 | — |
| Cached input | — | $0.018 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.20 (best) | $0.20 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 32K: $0.134 / $0.802 | — |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Official Volcengine Ark API | — |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 256,000 tokens | 524,288 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 262,144 tokens (best) | 32,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | 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-2-0-lite-260428 | — |
| API providers | 1 | 6 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Dec 2, 2025 | Feb 14, 2026 | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Ministral 14B$2.40
- Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
- Trinity Large Preview—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Ministral 14B, Seed 2.0 Lite or Trinity Large Preview?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 62/100 against Ministral 14B (45) and Trinity Large Preview (34). It leads on inputs & features. Trinity Large Preview wins on context window. 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 2.0 Lite or Trinity Large Preview?
Ministral 14B is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.20 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Seed 2.0 Lite costs $0.089 input / $0.534 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Ministral 14B versus $0.20 for Seed 2.0 Lite (1× as much). Trinity Large 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 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet and Trinity Large Preview has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Ministral 14B, Seed 2.0 Lite and Trinity Large 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?
Trinity Large Preview has the largest context window at 524,288 tokens, against 262,144 for Ministral 14B and 256,000 for Seed 2.0 Lite. Maximum output per response: Ministral 14B up to 262,144, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000, Trinity Large Preview up to 262,144 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Ministral 14B accepts text and images; Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video; Trinity Large Preview accepts text. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Ministral 14B and Trinity Large Preview publishes its weights (Apache-2.0 and OpenMDW-1.1) and can be self-hosted; Seed 2.0 Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the newest, released Feb 14, 2026. Trinity Large Preview came out Jan 27, 2026; Ministral 14B came out Dec 2, 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.
