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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Trinity Mini vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Trinity Mini comes out ahead, 65 to 47 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Arcee AI

    Trinity Mini

    Released Dec 1, 2025

    65/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.045 / $0.15
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Trinity Mini

  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 Coder Next

    Released Feb 3, 2026

    47/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $1.20
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 Coder Next

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01 — Verdict

Trinity Mini is our pick

Trinity Mini is the better all-round choice, scoring 65/100 against Qwen3 Coder Next (47). It leads on price and inputs & features. Qwen3 Coder Next wins on 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 priceTrinity MiniTrinity Mini $0.071 · Qwen3 Coder Next $0.45 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 Coder NextQwen3 Coder Next 262,144 · Trinity Mini 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsTrinity Mini: Text · Qwen3 Coder Next: Text
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightTrinity MiniQwen3 Coder Next
Price50%10064
Inputs & features30%3525
Context window20%2537
Overall100%65/10047/100

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.

Trinity Mini vs Qwen3 Coder Next specifications side by side
SpecificationTrinity MiniArcee AIQwen3 Coder NextAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.045 (best)$0.20
Output$0.15 (best)$1.20
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.071 (best)$0.45
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersMedian of 15 providers
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens262,144 tokens (best)
Max output131,072 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenOpenMDW-1.1Open
API model ID——
API providers116 (best)
ReleasedDec 1, 2025Feb 3, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—Sep 2025
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.

  • Trinity Mini$0.75
  • Qwen3 Coder Next$4.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Trinity Mini or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Trinity Mini is the better all-round choice, scoring 65/100 against Qwen3 Coder Next (47). It leads on price and inputs & features. Qwen3 Coder Next wins on 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 or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Trinity Mini is cheaper at $0.045 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Qwen3 Coder Next costs $0.20 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (median across 15 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.071 per million tokens for Trinity Mini versus $0.45 for Qwen3 Coder Next (6.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Trinity Mini has not been scored yet and Qwen3 Coder Next has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Trinity Mini and Qwen3 Coder Next yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 131,072 for Trinity Mini. Maximum output per response: Trinity Mini up to 131,072, Qwen3 Coder Next up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Trinity Mini accepts text; Qwen3 Coder Next accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, both publish their weights (OpenMDW-1.1), so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 Coder Next is the newest, released Feb 3, 2026. Trinity Mini came out Dec 1, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 Coder Next Sep 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.

05 — Keep comparing

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