Chinese Models Surpass OpenAI in Token Volume
alliekmiller · x · 2026-07-08
According to the post, token usage for Chinese models on OpenRouter has crossed the halfway mark. The latest data shows Chinese models account for 45% of total token volume, compared to 15.3% for Anthropic and 7.4% for OpenAI. The author also argues that open source models are now "good enough" for coding and agentic tasks, offering 1 million token contexts at a fraction of the cost of GPT or Claude.
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