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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Toast 1 vs Trinity Large Thinking vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp comes out ahead, 70 to 55 and 47 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Mixedbread

    Toast 1

    Released Aug 13, 2026

    47/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.30 / $0.72
    • Context131K
  2. Arcee AI

    Trinity Large Thinking

    Released Apr 1, 2026Beta

    55/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.80
    • Context524K
  3. Our pick

    DeepSeek

    DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

    Released Aug 21, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.216 / $0.647
    • Context1M
01 — Verdict

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is our pick

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Trinity Large Thinking (55) and Toast 1 (47). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. 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 priceDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.323 · Trinity Large Thinking $0.388 · Toast 1 $0.405 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 1,000,000 · Trinity Large Thinking 524,288 · Toast 1 131,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpToast 1: Text · Trinity Large Thinking: Text · DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: Text, Images
  • Self-hostingTrinity Large Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpPublishes downloadable weights (OpenMDW-1.1 and MIT)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightToast 1Trinity Large ThinkingDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Price50%686973
Inputs & features30%253570
Context window20%244960
Overall100%47/10055/10070/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Toast 1 vs Trinity Large Thinking vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp specifications side by side
SpecificationToast 1MixedbreadTrinity Large ThinkingArcee AIDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30$0.25$0.216 (best)
Output$0.72$0.80$0.647 (best)
Cached input—$0.06—
Blended (3:1)$0.405$0.388$0.323 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersOfficial Arcee APIMedian of 15 providers
Limits
Context window131,000 tokens524,288 tokens1,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output4,000 tokens262,144 tokens384,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningNoYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenOpenMDW-1.1OpenMIT
API model ID—trinity-large-thinking—
API providers1615 (best)
ReleasedAug 13, 2026Apr 1, 2026Aug 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoff———
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Toast 1$4.44
  • Trinity Large Thinking$4.10
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$3.45
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Toast 1, Trinity Large Thinking or DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Trinity Large Thinking (55) and Toast 1 (47). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Toast 1, Trinity Large Thinking or DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is cheaper at $0.216 input / $0.647 output per million tokens (median across 15 API providers). Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 input / $0.80 output per million tokens (official Arcee API price); Toast 1 costs $0.30 input / $0.72 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.323 per million tokens for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp versus $0.388 for Trinity Large Thinking (1.2× as much) and $0.405 for Toast 1 (1.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Toast 1 has not been scored yet, Trinity Large Thinking has not been scored yet and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Toast 1, Trinity Large Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 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?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 524,288 for Trinity Large Thinking and 131,000 for Toast 1. Maximum output per response: Toast 1 up to 4,000, Trinity Large Thinking up to 262,144, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp up to 384,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Toast 1 accepts text; Trinity Large Thinking accepts text; DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp accepts text and images. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Trinity Large Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp publishes its weights (OpenMDW-1.1 and MIT) and can be self-hosted; Toast 1 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is the newest, released Aug 21, 2026. Toast 1 came out Aug 13, 2026; Trinity Large Thinking came out Apr 1, 2026.

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.