Chinese models surge: Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4, Qwen 3.8, GLM 5.3 rival frontier
haider1 · x · 2026-08-14
Over the past few weeks, multiple Chinese LLMs have been released, approaching frontier performance:
- Kimi K3: trails only Fable 5 and 5.6 Sol.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash and Pro: near Opus 4.8 on agentic/terminal coding, nearly free (Pro costs a fraction).
- Qwen 3.8 Max: matches Fable 5 and 5.6 Sol on many benchmarks.
- GLM 5.3: strongest open coding model so far, approaching Fable 5 on agentic/coding.
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