Qwen 3.5
Alibaba (Qwen team) · China
2025- License
- Apache 2.0 (small sizes); Qwen License (larger)
- Context
- Up to 1M (long-context variant)
- Sizes
- 1.8B · 4B · 7B · 14B · 32B · 72B · MoE variants
MultilingualCodeCost-sensitive deployments
The most permissive frontier-class family for smaller sizes. Strong on Asian languages, competitive on English code and reasoning benchmarks.
DeepSeek V4 (Pro & Flash)
DeepSeek AI · China
2025- License
- MIT (V4) / DeepSeek License (V4 Pro variants)
- Context
- 1M tokens
- Sizes
- 236B MoE · Distilled dense variants
Mathematical reasoningCode generationLong-context analysis
Topped open-source leaderboards on SWE-Bench and GPQA Diamond in early 2026. The MIT-licensed core variant is the most permissive of the top-tier open weights.
Kimi K2.7 Code
Moonshot AI · China
2026- License
- Moonshot Open License
- Context
- 2M tokens
- Sizes
- ~Trillion-class MoE
Coding agentsAgentic workflowsLong documents
June 2026 update of the K2 line: +21.8% over K2.6 on Kimi Code Bench v2, plus a HighSpeed variant with ~6× faster inference. For the frontier-scale Kimi K3 (2.8T), see the Frontier section below.
Qwen 3.6
Alibaba (Qwen team) · China
2026- License
- Apache 2.0 (small sizes); Qwen License (larger)
- Context
- Up to 1M (long-context variants)
- Sizes
- Ladder of sizes from sub-1B to large MoE
MultilingualCodeCost-sensitive deployments
Mid-2026 refresh of the Qwen family. Keeps the permissive licensing on smaller sizes that made Qwen the default choice for commercial local deployments, with improved multilingual coverage.
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · China
2026- License
- MiniMax License (custom)
- Context
- 1M tokens, native multimodal
- Sizes
- Large MoE
Agentic codingMultimodal workflowsLong documents
Released June 1, 2026: the first open weight to combine frontier coding (vendor-reported 59.0% on SWE-Bench Pro), a 1M-token context and native multimodality in one model. Quantized builds are demanding; check the memory estimates before downloading.
GLM 5.1 / 5.2 family
Z.ai (Zhipu) · China
2026- License
- MIT
- Context
- 1M tokens
- Sizes
- 9B · 32B · MoE variants; 5.2 flagship is 744B
Bilingual EN/ZH workloadsAgentic coding
GLM-5.2 (June 2026) is the current #1 open weight on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index — but at 744B it belongs in the Frontier section below. The smaller 5.1-era sizes and GLM-4.7-Flash remain the runnable entry points, all MIT licensed.
MiniCPM5-1B
OpenBMB · China
2026- License
- Apache 2.0 (check model card for variant terms)
- Context
- 128k tokens
- Sizes
- 1B (larger MiniCPM variants available)
On-device inferenceEdge deploymentsLow-memory hardware
The edge-first family from OpenBMB (Tsinghua-affiliated). MiniCPM5-1B runs on phones and 8 GB laptops with room to spare, and holds its own against models twice its size. Nearly 400k downloads within two months of release.
- License
- Yi Series License
- Context
- 200k tokens
- Sizes
- 6B · 9B · 34B
BilingualCost-efficient deployments
Steady, well-documented series with bilingual strength and reasonable license terms. Less flashy than Qwen or DeepSeek but a solid choice for many production cases.