Trendyol Asure 12B vs Trinity Mini vs Seed 2.0 Lite
Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 73 to 65 and 54 on our weighted score, though Trinity Mini is 2.8× cheaper per token.
Trendyol
Trendyol Asure 12B
54/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.50
- Context131K
Arcee AITrinity Mini
65/100- ECI—
- Price$0.045 / $0.15
- Context131K
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 2.0 Lite
73/100- ECI—
- Price$0.089 / $0.534
- Context256K
Seed 2.0 Lite is our pick
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Trinity Mini (65) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Trinity Mini wins on price. 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 priceTrinity MiniTrinity Mini $0.071 · Trendyol Asure 12B $0.20 · Seed 2.0 Lite $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Lite 256,000 · Trendyol Asure 12B 131,072 · Trinity Mini 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteTrendyol Asure 12B: Text, Images · Trinity Mini: Text · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video
- Self-hostingTrendyol Asure 12B and Trinity MiniPublishes downloadable weights (Gemma and OpenMDW-1.1)
| Measure | Weight | Trendyol Asure 12B | Trinity Mini | Seed 2.0 Lite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 83 | 100 | 83 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 25 | 35 | 80 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 24 | 36 |
| Overall | 100% | 54/100 | 65/100 | 73/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Trendyol Asure 12BTrendyol | Trinity MiniArcee AI | Seed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.10 | $0.045 (best) | $0.089 |
| Output | $0.50 | $0.15 (best) | $0.534 |
| Cached input | — | — | $0.018 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.20 | $0.071 (best) | $0.20 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Over 32K: $0.134 / $0.802 |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Median of 1 providers | Official Volcengine Ark API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 131,072 tokens | 256,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | — | 131,072 tokens (best) | 32,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | No | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenGemma | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | — | doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428 |
| API providers | 1 | 1 | 6 (best) |
| Released | Feb 19, 2026 | Dec 1, 2025 | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Trendyol Asure 12B$2.00
- Trinity Mini$0.75
- Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Trendyol Asure 12B, Trinity Mini or Seed 2.0 Lite?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Trinity Mini (65) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Trinity Mini wins on price. 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, Trendyol Asure 12B, Trinity Mini or Seed 2.0 Lite?
Trinity Mini is cheaper at $0.045 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Trendyol Asure 12B costs $0.10 input / $0.50 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 $0.071 per million tokens for Trinity Mini versus $0.20 for Trendyol Asure 12B (2.8× as much) and $0.20 for Seed 2.0 Lite (2.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Trendyol Asure 12B has not been scored yet, Trinity Mini has not been scored yet and Seed 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Trendyol Asure 12B, Trinity Mini and Seed 2.0 Lite yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Trendyol Asure 12B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Seed 2.0 Lite has the largest context window at 256,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Trendyol Asure 12B and 131,072 for Trinity Mini. Maximum output per response: Trinity Mini up to 131,072, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Trendyol Asure 12B accepts text and images; Trinity Mini accepts text; Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Trendyol Asure 12B and Trinity Mini publishes its weights (Gemma and OpenMDW-1.1) and can be self-hosted; Seed 2.0 Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Trendyol Asure 12B is the newest, released Feb 19, 2026. Seed 2.0 Lite came out Feb 14, 2026; Trinity Mini came out Dec 1, 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.
