model
Qwen 3.5
Powerful multilingual MoE model but faces fierce competition in open-source LLM space
7.5Overall
Utility8
Onboarding7
Craft8
Niche fit7
Longevity7
Five dimensions scored independently; overall is a weighted average. Scores are only comparable within this same rubric.
Good for
Teams needing multilingual support or wanting to experiment with MoE architecture
Not for
Teams needing only English models or with limited resources
Project description
Alibaba's flagship open model (Feb-Mar 2026). 397B MoE (17B active). 201 languages, Apache 2.0. Frontier performance at fraction of compute cost.
Alternatives
Llama 3MistralMixtral