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Trinity Mini APIOPEN WEIGHTS131K context

by Arcee AI · text->text · released 2025-12-01

Trinity Mini is a 26B-parameter (3B active) sparse mixture-of-experts language model featuring 128 experts with 8 active per token.

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Input / 1M
$0.04
Output / 1M
$0.15
Context
131K
Providers
1
HF downloads · 30d
26.1K
Cheaper than
92% of catalog

Pricing & specs mirror our live pricing as of July 2026 (pay-as-you-go).

What is Trinity Mini?

Trinity Mini is a 26B-parameter (3B active) sparse mixture-of-experts language model featuring 128 experts with 8 active per token. Engineered for efficient reasoning over long contexts (131k) with robust function...

Trinity Mini on the release timeline

$0.15$0.42$1.20Trinity Mini · $0.152025-052025-122026-04
Each point is a Arcee AI model, placed at its launch date with its current output price (log scale, $/1M). Bubble size ∝ context window; Trinity Mini is highlighted. Source: provider catalog, verified July 2026.

Trinity Mini pricing

Pay-as-you-go on DataLLM Lab — these are our live list prices (identical to the pricing page):

ModelInput / 1MOutput / 1MCache readCache writeContext
Trinity Mini$0.04$0.15131K

On output price, Trinity Mini is cheaper than 92% of the 309 models in the catalog.

What Trinity Mini costs per month

WorkloadTokens in / out (monthly)Est. cost
Support chatbot40M / 12M$3.60
RAG / knowledge base200M / 20M$12.00
Coding agent80M / 25M$7.35
Batch extraction150M / 8M$7.95
Content generation20M / 40M$6.90

Estimate your own monthly cost

= input × $0.04 + output × $0.15 per 1M · pay-as-you-go, computed in your browser.

Cost = input price × input volume + output price × output volume. The same five workloads run on every model page, so any two compare directly.

Trinity Mini vs alternatives

Pick Trinity Mini when you want open weights you can also self-host. If price is the only priority, it is already the cheapest here.
ModelInput / 1MOutput / 1MContextOur test
Trinity Mini$0.04$0.15131K
Coder Large$0.50$0.8033K
Trinity Large Thinking$0.25$0.80262K
Virtuoso Large$0.75$1.20131K
Command R7B (12-2024)$0.04$0.15128K
Gemma 3 12B$0.05$0.15131K

When not to use Trinity Mini

Specs

Model IDarcee-ai/trinity-mini
Modalitytext->text (input: text)
Context window131,072 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens
Tool / function calling✅ Yes
Structured output (JSON)✅ Yes
Released2025-12-01
Open weightsarcee-ai/Trinity-Mini · 26.1K downloads / 193 likes (30d)

How to call Trinity Mini

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.datallmlab.com/v1", api_key="YOUR_DATALLM_LAB_KEY")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="arcee-ai/trinity-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    # supports tools=[...] and tool_choice
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
curl https://api.datallmlab.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"arcee-ai/trinity-mini","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.datallmlab.com/v1", apiKey: process.env.DATALLM_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "arcee-ai/trinity-mini",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);

The same key routes Trinity Mini and 300+ other models — switch models by changing one string. How OpenAI-compatible APIs work.

Prompting tips for Trinity Mini

Tips are derived from Trinity Mini's actual capabilities — context window, tool & JSON support, modality and price tier — not generic advice.

Open-source tools for Trinity Mini

Popular open-source projects for running and building with Trinity Mini — star counts pulled from GitHub (July 2026).

ollama/ollama★ 175.3K
Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.1, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.
Go
langgenius/dify★ 147.5K
Production-ready platform for agentic workflow development.
TypeScript
open-webui/open-webui★ 144.0K
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
Python
langchain-ai/langchain★ 140.8K
The agent engineering platform.
Python
ggml-org/llama.cpp★ 119.1K
LLM inference in C/C++
C++
vllm-project/vllm★ 85.2K
A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
Python

Listed by GitHub stars; inclusion is by ecosystem relevance (inference engines, agent frameworks and SDKs), not affiliation. Stars change — see each repo for current numbers.

Migrating to Trinity Mini

Coming from OpenAI or another gateway? On an OpenAI-compatible setup the only changes are base_url → https://api.datallmlab.com/v1 and model → arcee-ai/trinity-mini. Messages, streaming, tool calls and the rest of your code stay the same. Routing & failover guide.

Self-host or use the API?

Trinity Mini ships open weights (arcee-ai/Trinity-Mini, ~26.1K downloads and 193 likes in the last 30 days), with community quantizations (bf16) for smaller GPUs, so you can run it yourself. Most teams still use the API: no GPU to provision or keep warm, no inference ops, and instant access across 1 providers with automatic failover. Self-host when data residency or fixed per-token economics matter most.

Rate limits & reliability

Rate limits here are the DataLLM Lab gateway's, not the upstream vendor's. On 429 (rate limited) or 503 (provider busy), retry with exponential backoff. See the error-code guide and failover setup.

Related reading

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Frequently asked questions

What is Trinity Mini?

Trinity Mini is a 26B-parameter (3B active) sparse mixture-of-experts language model featuring 128 experts with 8 active per token. It accepts text input with a 131K-token context window and was released on 2025-12-01. On DataLLM Lab it is callable through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

How much does Trinity Mini cost?

On DataLLM Lab it is $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens — cheaper than about 92% of the 309-model catalog on output price. Pay-as-you-go, no subscription.

What is the context window of Trinity Mini?

131K tokens, with up to 131K max output tokens.

Is Trinity Mini open source?

Yes — open weights are published on Hugging Face (arcee-ai/Trinity-Mini), with about 26.1K downloads and 193 likes in the last 30 days. You can self-host it or call it via DataLLM Lab.

How do I call the Trinity Mini API?

Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.datallmlab.com/v1 and set model to "arcee-ai/trinity-mini". One DataLLM Lab key routes this model and 300+ others; no code changes beyond the base URL and model string.

What are good alternatives to Trinity Mini?

Close options by price and capability include Coder Large, Trinity Large Thinking, Virtuoso Large — all callable with the same DataLLM Lab key.