Palmyra X5 alternatives
Quick answer · Updated July 2026
for a cheaper option, MiniMax M3 runs $0.300/M vs $0.600/M; for more speed, Morph V3 Large hits 3.6k t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is GLM 5.2.
Cheaper alternatives
minimax-m3
$0.300/M input · 44.4 intel
deepseek-v4-pro
$0.435/M input · 44.3 intel
mimo-v2.5-pro
$0.435/M input · 42.2 intel
nex-n2-pro
$0.250/M input · 41.0 intel
deepseek-v4-flash
$0.090/M input · 40.3 intel
mimo-v2.5
$0.105/M input · 40.1 intel
Faster alternatives
Open-source alternatives
glm-5.2
51.1 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
minimax-m3
44.4 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
deepseek-v4-pro
44.3 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
kimi-k2.6
42.8 intel · open weights · 262K ctx
mimo-v2.5-pro
42.2 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
kimi-k2.7-code
41.9 intel · open weights · 262K ctx
Frequently asked
Is there a cheaper alternative to Palmyra X5?
Yes — MiniMax M3 costs $0.300 per million input tokens versus $0.600 for Palmyra X5, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
Is there an open-source alternative to Palmyra X5?
GLM 5.2 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Palmyra X5 — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 51.1 on intelligence.