A mid-2026 chart says trillion-parameter models have become the global baseline
dralandthompson · x · 2026-07-29
A newsletter post visualizes the mid-2026 “1T+ AI model club” and argues that trillion-parameter models have become the new global standard.
Key points from the post and chart:
- It says China has 11 current trillion-parameter models available versus 8 in the US.
- The chart groups major models by lab, including Fable, GPT-6, Opus, GPT-5, Gemini 3.x Pro, Grok 4.x, K3, M3 Pro, ERNIE 5.x, Qwen 3.8 Max, MiMo V2.x Pro, and others.
- The author notes that each model can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to train.
- The memo frames this as evidence that trillion-parameter systems are now the established baseline worldwide.
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