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Trinity Mini vs DeepSeek R1
List-price comparison · Trinity Mini details · DeepSeek R1 details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Trinity Mini costs 92% less — $11.40/mo vs $146.00/mo.
| Trinity Mini | DeepSeek R1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.045 | $0.500 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.150 | $2.15 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0001 | $0.0015 |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 163,840 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Tier | Flash | Flagship |
| Provider | Arcee AI | DeepSeek |
Projected monthly cost
1,000 requests / month$0.114 vs $1.4610,000 requests / month$1.14 vs $14.60100,000 requests / month$11.40 vs $146.00
Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.
Trinity Mini
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DeepSeek R1
Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.
Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.
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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.