Trinity Mini vs AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) comes out ahead, 72 to 65 and 60 on our weighted score, though AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual is 14% cheaper per token.
Arcee AITrinity Mini
65/100- ECI—
- Price$0.045 / $0.15
- Context131K
Z.ai (Zhipu)AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual
60/100- ECI—
- Price$0.035 / $0.138
- Context66K
- Our pick
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)
72/100- ECI—
- Price$0.022 / $0.215
- Context262K
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is our pick
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Trinity Mini (65) and AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual (60). It leads on 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 priceAutoGLM Phone 9B MultilingualAutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual $0.061 · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) $0.07 · Trinity Mini $0.071 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) 262,144 · Trinity Mini 131,072 · AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual 65,536 tokens
- Widest inputsAutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Trinity Mini: Text · AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual: Text, Images · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): Text, Images
- Self-hostingTrinity Mini and AutoGLM Phone 9B MultilingualPublishes downloadable weights (OpenMDW-1.1 and MIT)
| Measure | Weight | Trinity Mini | AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual | Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 25 | 50 |
| Context window | 20% | 25 | 12 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 65/100 | 60/100 | 72/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Trinity MiniArcee AI | AutoGLM Phone 9B MultilingualZ.ai (Zhipu) | Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.045 | $0.035 | $0.022 (best) |
| Output | $0.15 | $0.138 (best) | $0.215 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.071 | $0.061 (best) | $0.07 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Median of 2 providers | Median of 1 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 65,536 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | No | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 | OpenMIT | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 1 | 2 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Trinity Mini$0.75
- AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual$0.626
- Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)$0.65
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Trinity Mini, AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Trinity Mini (65) and AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual (60). It leads on 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, Trinity Mini, AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?
AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual is cheaper at $0.035 input / $0.138 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) costs $0.022 input / $0.215 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Trinity Mini costs $0.045 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.061 per million tokens for AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual versus $0.07 for Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) (1.2× as much) and $0.071 for Trinity Mini (1.2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Trinity Mini has not been scored yet, AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual has not been scored yet and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Trinity Mini, AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 131,072 for Trinity Mini and 65,536 for AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual. Maximum output per response: Trinity Mini up to 131,072, AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual up to 65,536, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Trinity Mini accepts text; AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual accepts text and images; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) accepts text and images. AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Trinity Mini and AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual publishes its weights (OpenMDW-1.1 and MIT) and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is proprietary.
Which is newer?
AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual is the newest, released Dec 10, 2025. Trinity Mini came out Dec 1, 2025; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) came out Oct 15, 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 Nov 2, 2026.
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