The closest alternative to Trinity Mini is Trinity Large Thinking — comparable intelligence (31.9 vs —); for a cheaper option, Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) runs Free/M vs $0.045/M; for more speed, Morph V3 Large hits 2.6k t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Trinity Large Thinking is the closest alternative to Trinity Mini, with an Intelligence Index of 31.9 (Trinity Mini scores —) at $0.220 per million input tokens.
Yes — Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) costs Free per million input tokens versus $0.045 for Trinity Mini, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Trinity Mini — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.