Side-by-side comparison

Compare Chinese AI Models Side by Side

Every major Chinese AI model in one table — what it does, who makes it, whether the weights are open, and what you can use for free.

ModelMakerTypeContext / OutputFree accessBest for
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeekLLM — chat & API128K ctx · open weightsFree chat; cheapest major APIReasoning, coding, math
Qwen3AlibabaLLM family128K ctx · open weightsFreeGeneral chat, every deployment size
Kimi K2Moonshot AILLM — agentic256K ctx · open weightsFree tierLong documents, agentic tasks, writing
GLM-4.6ZhipuLLM — agentic200K ctx · open weightsFree tier; cheap coding planAgentic coding and tool use
DoubaoByteDanceLLM — consumerProprietaryFreeEveryday assistant at scale
ERNIE 4.5BaiduLLMOpen weightsFree tierSearch-integrated answers
Seedream 5ByteDanceImageUp to 14 references · 2K–3KFree trial on this siteConsistent image sets and editing
Z-ImageAlibabaImageOpen sourceOpen sourceFast low-cost drafts, bilingual text
Kling 3.0KuaishouVideoUp to 15s · 4K · multi-shotFree daily creditsCinematic and directed video
Seedance 2.5ByteDanceVideoUp to 30s · 1080p · multimodal refsFree trial on this siteReference-driven clips at length
Seedance 2.0ByteDanceVideo4–15s · 4K · native audioFree trial on this siteSound-on product video
Wan 3.0AlibabaVideoUp to 30s · 1080p · doc/webpage refsFree trial on this siteVideo from documents and webpages
Hunyuan 3D 3.1Tencent3DText or image in · mesh outFree trial on this siteText/image to 3D assets
Tripo 3.1VAST3DMultiview input · rigged exportFree tierGame-ready 3D from views

How the LLMs Stack Up

Among language models, DeepSeek remains the benchmark story: its R1 reasoning model matched OpenAI’s o1 on math and coding benchmarks in early 2025 while costing a fraction to run, and the V3.x series keeps that price-performance lead. Qwen is the adoption story — the most-downloaded open-weight family in the world, with sizes from phones to data centers. Kimi differentiates on context length for document work, and GLM on agentic coding, where its coding plan undercuts US rivals on price.

On image and video, Chinese labs moved fastest after 2024: Seedance 2 tops the Artificial Analysis audio-video arena, Z-Image ranked first among open-source image models at release, and Kling trades the overall quality crown with Google’s Veo on most public leaderboards.

How to Choose

  • Coding or reasoning: DeepSeek first, then GLM for agentic workflows or Qwen when you need a specific model size.
  • Writing and long documents: Kimi for its context window; DeepSeek for analytical drafting.
  • Images: Seedream for consistency and reference editing, Z-Image for speed — try both on the Chinese AI image generator page.
  • Video: Kling for 4K direction, Seedance for length and references, Wan for document inputs — compared on the Chinese AI video generator page.
  • Everything at once: the Chinese AI tools directory lists every tool with official links and free tiers.

Frequently Asked Questions

There is no single winner. DeepSeek leads on reasoning and coding, Qwen is the most widely adopted open-weight model, Kling and Seedance lead on video generation, and Seedream leads on image generation.

DeepSeek and Qwen offer free chat access and open weights. Kimi and GLM have free tiers. Image and video models like Seedream, Kling and Seedance offer limited free trials rather than fully free use.

On reasoning and coding benchmarks, DeepSeek and Qwen score close to GPT and Claude at lower cost. For image and video, Kling, Seedance and Seedream are frequently ranked alongside or ahead of US alternatives.

Run the image and video models on this site

Seedream, Kling, Seedance and Wan all run on China AI Tools — free credits for new accounts.

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