The closest alternative to Virtuoso Large is Trinity Large Thinking — comparable intelligence (31.9 vs —); for a cheaper option, MiniMax M3 runs $0.300/M vs $0.750/M; for more speed, Morph V3 Large hits 3.1k t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Trinity Large Thinking is the closest alternative to Virtuoso Large, with an Intelligence Index of 31.9 (Virtuoso Large scores —) at $0.220 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiniMax M3 costs $0.300 per million input tokens versus $0.750 for Virtuoso Large, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Virtuoso Large — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.