Top AI models from Chinese labs — DeepSeek, Alibaba Qwen, Zhipu GLM, Moonshot Kimi, and more — ranked by benchmark performance.
Chinese AI labs have produced some of the strongest models on our leaderboard, especially in math and reasoning. DeepSeek models are notable for being open weight while matching proprietary competitors. Alibaba's Qwen series and Zhipu's GLM models compete directly with GPT and Claude on most benchmarks. Several of these models offer significantly lower API pricing than their US counterparts.