Essential AI
Rnj-1 Instruct
Rnj-1 Instruct is Essential AI's open-weight dense language model in the Rnj-1 family, focused on coding and STEM.
- Context
- 32.77K
Accepts
- Text input
Produces
- Text output
AI model comparison
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Trinity Mini is an MoE model with distinct total and active parameter counts. Rnj-1 Instruct is dense. Active parameter counts do not make their weight-storage requirements equivalent, and their licenses and standard context limits differ.
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Essential AI
Rnj-1 Instruct is Essential AI's open-weight dense language model in the Rnj-1 family, focused on coding and STEM.
Accepts
Produces
Arcee AI
Trinity Mini is Arcee AI's open-weight mixture-of-experts language model. It has 26 billion total parameters, with about 3 billion activated per token.
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Produces
At a glance
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Trinity Mini
Context capacity
Higher listed limit
Rnj-1 Instruct:32.77K
Trinity Mini:131.07K
Trinity Mini
Specifications
| Specification | Rnj-1 Instruct | Trinity Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Essential AI | Arcee AI |
| Listed pricing route | Essential AI | Arcee AI |
| Model family | Rnj-1 | Trinity |
| Accepted inputs | text | text |
| Produced outputs | text | text |
| Context window | 32.77K | 131.07KHigher |
| Reasoning mode | Not documented | Documented |
| Tool calling | Documented | Documented |
| Image input | Not documented | Not documented |
| Audio input | Not documented | Not documented |
| Structured output | Not documented | Not documented |
| License | Apache-2.0 | OpenMDW-1.1 |
Workload guidance
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Rnj-1 Instruct
Essential AI
Profile updated Oct 7, 2026
Trinity Mini
Arcee AI
Profile updated Oct 13, 2026
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