All top six open-weights models now come from Chinese labs
shensi · x · 2026-10-20
- Per the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (week of Oct 19), the top six open-weights models all come from Chinese labs: Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads at 46.3, with DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash 1017 close behind at 45.1.
- They're followed by Z AI's GLM-5.3 (44.8), StepFun's Step 5 Preview (43.7), and Kimi K3 (43.6); Meta's Muse Spark Open trails at 38.9.
- The poster notes open weights can run on your own infrastructure, pitching its gateway that routes to both self-hosted and hosted models.
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