Chinese Models Top US in Token Usage on OpenRouter; Efficiency Becomes Advantage
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-27
A report by Delphi Digital reveals that Chinese models surpassed US models in token usage on OpenRouter in March and have been rising since. Constrained hardware access has forced Chinese labs to optimize chip utilization, design lower-compute models, and leverage post-training methods. This focus on efficiency is challenging the moats of US frontier labs.
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