The closest alternative to Qwen3.5 397B A17B is GLM 5 — comparable intelligence (40.6 vs 40.1); for a cheaper option, MiniMax M3 runs $0.300/M vs $0.390/M; for more speed, gpt-oss-120b (free) hits 503 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
GLM 5 is the closest alternative to Qwen3.5 397B A17B, with an Intelligence Index of 40.6 (Qwen3.5 397B A17B scores 40.1) at $0.600 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiniMax M3 costs $0.300 per million input tokens versus $0.390 for Qwen3.5 397B A17B, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Qwen3.5 397B A17B — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.