Alibaba Cloud
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
A large, open-source model from Alibaba Cloud with competitive performance on leaderboards.
Our editorial assessment as of Apr 24, 2026, based on the public sources listed below.
Overall rank
#20
Tier
S
Score
85.0
Main category
Overall
Strengths
- Available as an open-source model, allowing for greater flexibility.
- Offers a very low price point for its performance class.
- Part of a family of ultra-efficient small models.
Considerations
- As an open-weight model, it requires users to manage their own infrastructure for deployment.
- The complex model name may be less memorable or marketable than competitors.
Price
$0.60 / 1M input, $3.60 / 1M output tokens
Score breakdown
Performance
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Reputation
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Price
80.0
Recency
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Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
Sources
- AI Leaderboard 2026 - LLM StatsAccessed: 2026-04-21
- LinkedIn - Best AI Models April 2026Accessed: 2026-04-21