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Model Tracker

Every Chinese model release we cover — size, weights, licence, and where Beijing’s new export line falls. Updated with each release.

Sources linked per model · a dash means not disclosed or not verifiable

Models

Two Chinese models are already above Beijing’s new export line

Total parameters in billions. The red line marks two trillion — the threshold in China’s October 2026 draft export controls, above which model weights would need a licence. Open-weight releases are exempted.

Kimi K3Moonshot2,780 bn
Qwen3.8-MaxAlibaba2,400 bn
Ling-3.1-flashAnt Group560 bn
GLM-5.3-FlashZhipu AI320 bn
DeepSeek V4-FlashDeepSeek304 bn
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax229 bn
MiniCPM-V 4.7ModelBest35 bn

Graphic: Inside China AI · Sources: model cards on Hugging Face; Alibaba, Ant Group, ModelBest announcements (company figures); export threshold per China’s Ministry of Commerce draft, 16 October 2026. Details in our Model Tracker.

Model Tracker

Chinese models we track

Every Chinese model release we have covered, newest first. A dash means the figure has not been disclosed or we could not verify it. Model names link to our coverage.

ModelLabReleasedSizeWeightsLicence / access
Ling-3.1-flashAnt Group16 Oct 2026560B · 25B activeOpennot stated
MiniCPM-V 4.7ModelBestOct 202635B · ~3B active; 1BOpenApache 2.0
GLM-5.3-FlashZhipu AI25 Aug 2026320B · 18B activeOpenMIT
Qwen3.8-MaxAlibabaAug 20262.4T · 95B activeGatedCustom, gated
Qwen3.8-27BAlibabaAug 202627BOpenApache 2.0
Kimi K3Moonshot AIAug 20262.78T · 16 of 896 expertsGatedCustom, revenue-gated
DeepSeek V4-FlashDeepSeek31 Jul 2026304BOpenMIT
DeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeek2026–API onlyAPI $0.66 / $1.98 per M tokens (off-peak)
MiniCPM5-1BModelBestMay 20261BOpenopen
MiniCPM-V 4.6ModelBestMay 20261.3BOpenApache 2.0
GLM-5Zhipu AIFeb 2026–––
MiniMax M2.5MiniMaxearly 2026229B · ~10B activeAPI onlyAPI
Seedance 2.0ByteDance2026–API onlyproprietary

Table: Inside China AI · Sources: model cards on Hugging Face and GitHub, company announcements (company figures), as linked in each article. Updated with every release we cover.

Open weights

Permissive licences win the downloads

Hugging Face downloads over 30 days, in millions, retrieved 1 September 2026. Red: licence with a commercial gate.

Qwen3.8-27BApache 2.04.96 m
DeepSeek V4-FlashMIT4.65 m
Kimi K3Custom, revenue-gated2.78 m
GLM-5.3-FlashMIT0.44 m

Graphic: Inside China AI · Source: Hugging Face download counts, 1 September 2026, as reported in Open Weights, Two Meanings.

Pricing

Even after its price rise, DeepSeek costs a fraction

API price per million output tokens, US dollars, August 2026.

DeepSeek V4-Prooff-peak1.98
DeepSeek V4-Propeak3.96
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic10.00
Claude Opus 5Anthropic25.00

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Graphic: Inside China AI · Sources: DeepSeek and Anthropic price lists, as reported in China’s AI Just Raised Prices.

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