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Best Chinese AI Models in October 2026

As of October 2026, Kimi K3 leads the Noometry Index with a score of 59.5, ahead of Qwen3.8 Max at 56.8.

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Models from labs headquartered in China, including Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM and MiniMax.

  1. Kimi K3 59.5
  2. Qwen3.8 Max 56.8
  3. GLM-5.3 54.8
  4. DeepSeek V4 Pro 54.3
  5. DeepSeek V4 Flash 53.6
  6. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 52.8
  7. GLM-5.3-Flash 51.8
  8. Qwen3.7 Max 51.5
  9. Qwen3.6 Max Preview 51.5
  10. GLM-5.2 51.1

Full ranking

1 Kimi K3Moonshot AIOpen1.05M59.5 $3 $15 9.92—
2 Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M56.8 $2 $6 18.9—
3 GLM-5.3Z.ai (Zhipu)Open1M54.8 $1.40 $4.40 25.5—
4 DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekOpen1M54.3 $0.66 $1.98 54.916
5 DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekOpen1M53.6 $0.15 $0.60 2046
6 DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeekOpen1M52.8 $0.15 $0.60 201—
7 GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)Open1M51.8 $0.15 $0.50 218—
8 Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M51.5 $2.50 $7.50 13.7—
9 Qwen3.6 Max PreviewAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary262K51.5 $1.30 $7.80 17.6—
10 GLM-5.2Z.ai (Zhipu)Open1M51.1 $1.40 $4.40 23.823
11 MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomiOpen1.05M50.3 $0.43 $0.87 92.5—
12 MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomiOpen1.05M48.5 $0.14 $0.28 277—
13 Kimi K2.5Moonshot AIOpen262K48.1 $0.45 $2.25 53.466
14 Step 5 PreviewStepFunProprietary1.02M47.9 $1 $2.70 33.6—
15 GLM-5.1Z.ai (Zhipu)Open200K47.8 $1.40 $4.40 22.2—
16 Kimi K2.6Moonshot AIOpen262K47.7 $0.95 $4 27.8—
17 Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M47.5 $0.50 $3 42.2—
18 GLM-5Z.ai (Zhipu)Open205K46.1 $1 $3.20 29.723
19 Qwen3.5 397B-A17BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K46.0 $0.60 $3.60 34.19
20 Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K46.0 $0.99 $1.49 41.2—
21 Kimi K2 Thinking TurboMoonshot AIOpen—45.8 — — ——
22 Qwen3.5 Max PreviewAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary—45.3 — — ——
23 Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M45.3 $0.40 $1.60 64.8—
24 Hy4 previewTencentOpen1.05M45.3 $0.75 $2.25 40.2—
25 MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomiOpen1.05M45.2 $0.43 $0.87 83.2—
26 DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpDeepSeekOpen164K44.3 $0.26 $0.38 15316
27 Hy3TencentOpen262K44.2 $0.0825 $0.33 306—
28 ERNIE 5.1BaiduProprietary—43.8 — — ——
29 GLM-5V-TurboZ.ai (Zhipu)Proprietary200K43.8 $1.20 $4 23—
30 MiniMax-M3MiniMaxOpen1M43.8 $0.30 $1.20 83.4—
31 Qwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary262K43.7 $1.20 $6 18.248
32 MiMo-V2-OmniXiaomiProprietary262K43.6 $0.14 $0.28 249—
33 Kimi K2.5 InstantMoonshot AIOpen—43.6 — — ——
34 Qwen3 235B-A22BAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K43.5 $0.70 $2.80 35.585
35 MiMo-V2.5XiaomiOpen1.05M43.4 $0.14 $0.28 248—
36 Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AIOpen262K43.3 $0.95 $4 25.3—
37 Qwen3-VL 235B-A22BAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K43.2 $0.70 $2.80 35.3—
38 Seed 2.0 ProByteDance SeedProprietary256K43.2 $0.50 $3 38.4—
39 DeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusDeepSeekOpen164K43.1 $0.27 $1 95.430
40 Hunyuan Vision 1.5TencentProprietary—43.1 — — ——
41 Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K43.0 $0.50 $2 49.2111
42 MiMo-V2-ProXiaomiProprietary1.05M43.0 $0.43 $0.87 79—
43 Qwen3.5 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M42.9 $0.40 $2.40 47.6—
44 DeepSeek-V3.1DeepSeekOpen164K42.8 $0.25 $0.95 101328
45 Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M42.5 $0.10 $0.40 243—
46 Hunyuan T1 20250711TencentProprietary—42.5 — — ——
47 DeepSeek-R1DeepSeekProprietary164K42.3 $0.50 $2.15 46.410
48 Step 3.5 FlashStepFunOpen256K42.3 $0.10 $0.30 282—
49 Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K42.2 $0.60 $3.60 31.3—
50 Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K42.1 $0.40 $3.20 38.3—
51 Longcat Flash ChatMeituanOpen—42.1 — — —69
52 GLM-4.5Z.ai (Zhipu)Open131K42.0 $0.60 $2.20 4232
53 Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K42.0 $0.25 $2 61—
54 GLM-4.7Z.ai (Zhipu)Open205K42.0 $0.60 $2.20 42—
55 Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K41.9 $0.30 $2.40 50.7—
56 ERNIE 5.0 0110BaiduProprietary—41.8 — — ——
57 GLM-4.6Z.ai (Zhipu)Open205K41.4 $0.60 $2.20 41.412
58 GLM-4.6VZ.ai (Zhipu)Open128K41.3 $0.30 $0.90 91.8—
59 MiMo-V2-FlashXiaomiOpen262K41.3 $0.14 $0.28 236—
60 Hunyuan Turbos 20250226TencentProprietary—41.3 — — ——
61 Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)Moonshot AIOpen262K41.2 $0.57 $2.30 41.1201
62 Qwen2.5-MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary—40.7 — — ——
63 Step 3StepFunOpen—40.5 — — —7
64 MiniMax M1MiniMaxOpen1M40.3 $0.55 $2.20 41.9—
65 Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M39.9 $0.03 $0.13 726—
66 GLM-4.5VZ.ai (Zhipu)Open64K39.8 $0.60 $1.80 44.234
67 QwQ-32BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—39.8 — — ——
68 Step 1o Turbo 202506StepFunProprietary—39.7 — — ——
69 DeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeDeepSeekOpen128K39.7 $0.58 $1.68 46.4—
70 Hunyuan Turbo 0110TencentProprietary—39.6 — — ——
71 DeepSeek-V3DeepSeekOpen164K39.5 $0.24 $0.90 97.573
72 Step 2 16k Exp 202412StepFunProprietary—39.2 — — ——
73 Qwen3 32BAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K39.2 $0.70 $2.80 3286
74 GLM-4.5-AirZ.ai (Zhipu)Open131K38.9 $0.20 $1.10 91.6160
75 MiniMax-M2.1MiniMaxOpen205K38.9 $0.30 $1.20 74.2—
76 Qwen3-30B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen)Open41K38.9 $0.12 $0.50 18142
77 GLM-4.7-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)Open200K38.8 $0.06 $0.40 268—
78 Qwen2.5 Plus 1127Alibaba (Qwen)Proprietary—38.8 — — ——
79 Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M38.8 $0.19 $1.13 91.9—
80 Hunyuan Large 2025 02 10TencentProprietary—38.6 — — ——
81 MiniMax-M2.5MiniMaxOpen205K38.3 $0.30 $1.20 7349
82 Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K38.1 $1.50 $7.50 12.767
83 Hunyuan Standard 2025 02 10TencentProprietary—37.9 — — ——
84 DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BDeepSeekOpen—37.8 — — —18
85 MiniMax-M2.7MiniMaxOpen205K37.7 $0.30 $1.20 71.9—
86 DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)DeepSeekOpen—37.6 — — ——
87 Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K37.6 $0.25 $1.49 67.5—
88 Hunyuan Large VisionTencentProprietary—37.6 — — ——
89 MiniMax-M2MiniMaxOpen205K37.4 $0.30 $1.20 71.217
90 Step 3.7 FlashStepFunOpen256K37.3 $0.18 $1.11 89.6—
91 Yi-Lightning01.AIProprietary—37.1 — — ——
92 Qwen PlusAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M37.1 $0.40 $1.20 61.837
93 Deepseek Coder v2DeepSeekOpen—35.9 — — ——
94 Qwen3 14BAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K35.5 $0.35 $1.40 57.979
95 DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeekOpen—35.5 — — ——
96 Qwen MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary33K34.7 $1.60 $6.40 12.4—
97 Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K34.3 $0.12 $0.80 118—
98 Qwen1.5-110BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—34.2 — — ——
99 Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba (Qwen)Open262K33.8 $0.10 $0.15 300—
100 Qwen3 8BAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K33.7 $0.18 $0.70 109—
101 Qwen2.5-Coder-32BAlibaba (Qwen)Open33K33.4 $0.66 $1 44.8—
102 DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14BDeepSeekOpen—32.7 — — ——
103 Qwen1.5-14BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—32.7 — — ——
104 Qwen3-4BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—31.9 — — ——
105 Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K31.9 $1.40 $5.60 13—
106 Qwen1.5-7BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—31.4 — — ——
107 Qwen-14BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—31.4 — — ——
108 Qwen1.5-72BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—30.8 — — ——
109 Yi-1.5-34B01.AIOpen—30.6 — — ——
110 Qwen1.5-32BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—30.5 — — ——
111 Qwen2.5 32B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K30.1 $0.70 $2.80 24.6—
112 Qwen2-72BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—30.0 — — ——
113 Qwen2.5-VL 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K29.9 $2.80 $8.40 7.1343
114 Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Open131K29.0 $0.17 $0.70 94.6—
115 Qwen1.5 4b ChatAlibaba (Qwen)Open—28.8 — — ——
116 Yi-34B01.AIOpen—27.8 — — ——
117 Qwen TurboAlibaba (Qwen)Proprietary1M27.1 $0.05 $0.20 310—
118 Qwen3-1.7BAlibaba (Qwen)Open—26.6 — — ——
119 DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5BDeepSeekOpen—26.1 — — ——
120 DeepSeek LLM 67BDeepSeekOpen—24.9 — — ——

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Chinese LLM?

As of October 2026, Kimi K3 leads the Noometry Index with a score of 59.5, ahead of Qwen3.8 Max at 56.8.

What are the top 5 in this ranking?

Kimi K3, Qwen3.8 Max, GLM-5.3, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash, in that order, as of October 2026.

How is this list ranked?

By the Noometry Index, which is fitted from every public benchmark result and adjusted for how hard each benchmark is. Models need several independent results to be ranked.