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INTELLECT-3 alternatives

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

The closest alternative to INTELLECT-3 is DeepSeek V3 0324 — comparable intelligence (22.3 vs 22.2); for a cheaper option, MiMo-V2.5 runs $0.140/M vs $0.200/M; for more speed, gpt-oss-120b (free) hits 554 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.

Closest match

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deepseek-chat-v3-0324
Intelligence 22.3 · $0.200/M · 29 t/s
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Cheaper alternatives

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mimo-v2.5
$0.140/M input · 49.0 intel
ReasoningTools+3N
nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free
Free/M input · 47.7 intel
ReasoningToolsD
deepseek-v4-flash
$0.098/M input · 46.0 intel
ReasoningTools+1T
hy3-preview
$0.063/M input · 41.9 intel
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minimax-m2.5
$0.150/M input · 41.9 intel
ReasoningTools+1G
gemma-4-31b-it:free
Free/M input · 39.2 intel
ReasoningTools+2

Faster alternatives

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gpt-oss-120b:free
554 t/s · 161ms ttft
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gpt-oss-120b
554 t/s · 161ms ttft
ReasoningTools+1I
mercury-2
476 t/s · 253ms ttft
ReasoningTools+1O
gpt-oss-20b
397 t/s · 223ms ttft
ReasoningTools+1M
minimax-m2.7
273 t/s · 465ms ttft
ReasoningTools+1N
nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free
194 t/s · 547ms ttft
ReasoningTools+2

Smarter alternatives

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deepseek-chat-v3-0324
22.3 intel · $0.200/M
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qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507
22.4 intel · $0.080/M
ReasoningTools+1M
mistral-large-2512
22.8 intel · $0.500/M
ToolsJSON+1O
gpt-4.1-mini
22.9 intel · $0.400/M
ToolsJSON+1Z
glm-4.5-air
23.2 intel · $0.125/M
ReasoningTools+1O
gpt-5.4-mini
23.3 intel · $0.750/M
ReasoningTools+2

Open-source alternatives

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minimax-m3
54.7 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
ReasoningTools+2X
mimo-v2.5-pro
53.8 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
ReasoningTools+1M
minimax-m2.7
49.6 intel · open weights · 205K ctx
ReasoningTools+1X
mimo-v2.5
49.0 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
ReasoningTools+3N
nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free
47.7 intel · open weights · 1M ctx
ReasoningToolsN
nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b
47.7 intel · open weights · 1M ctx
ReasoningTools+1

Frequently asked

What is the best alternative to INTELLECT-3?

DeepSeek V3 0324 is the closest alternative to INTELLECT-3, with an Intelligence Index of 22.3 (INTELLECT-3 scores 22.2) at $0.200 per million input tokens.

Is there a cheaper alternative to INTELLECT-3?

Yes — MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.140 per million input tokens versus $0.200 for INTELLECT-3, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.

Is there an open-source alternative to INTELLECT-3?

MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to INTELLECT-3 — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.

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