The closest alternative to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is Nova 2 Lite — comparable intelligence (24.6 vs 24.8); for a cheaper option, MiMo-V2.5 runs $0.140/M vs $0.220/M; for more speed, gpt-oss-120b (free) hits 554 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Nova 2 Lite is the closest alternative to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, with an Intelligence Index of 24.6 (Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B scores 24.8) at $0.300 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.140 per million input tokens versus $0.220 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.