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Trinity Large Thinking vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered

Trinity Large Thinking (Arcee AI) and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered (Arcee AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, Trinity Large Thinking holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#113 vs #256); and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Trinity Large Thinking if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #113 against #256 (48.0 vs 3.9 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Trinity Large Thinking was listed 1 April 2026, zilo instruct v2 sft filtered 24 May 2024.

Choose zilo instruct v2 sft filtered if…

  • you want to self-host: zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ships open weights while Trinity Large Thinking is restricted license.

Trinity Large Thinking vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Trinity Large Thinking and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered
FieldTrinity Large ThinkingArcee AIzilo instruct v2 sft filteredArcee AI
ModelCap Index position#113#256
Index score48.03.9
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.25Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.80Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens80K
API providers listed10
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed1 April 202624 May 2024
PublisherArcee AIArcee AI

Evidence: 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards · finetune of mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2 · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Trinity Large Thinking vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered

Public benchmark boards where Trinity Large Thinking or zilo instruct v2 sft filtered has a published result
BoardTrinity Large Thinkingzilo instruct v2 sft filteredLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14141407–1422Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis10.8intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecifiedOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis90.1%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Trinity Large Thinking":reasoning=trueOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis15.8%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Trinity Large Thinking":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Trinity Large Thinking vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: common questions

Is Trinity Large Thinking better than zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

Trinity Large Thinking ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #113 against #256. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.

Is Trinity Large Thinking cheaper than zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Trinity Large Thinking or zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Trinity Large Thinking and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered open-weight models?

Trinity Large Thinking: Restricted license. zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Trinity Large Thinking and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Trinity Large Thinking and 0 for zilo instruct v2 sft filtered, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Trinity Large Thinking vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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