Exponential growth of Chinese models on OpenRouter

The OpenRouter platform is witnessing a remarkable increase in the adoption of large language models (LLMs) developed in China. An unprecedented event was recorded this week: a model exceeded the threshold of 3 trillion tokens processed in just seven days.

Trillion token threshold exceeded

Moreover, for the first time, more than one model exceeds one trillion tokens in a single week. This data marks a significant change compared to what was observed even just a month ago, when only Grok reached similar volumes.

Changing balances

The rise of Chinese models highlights a shift in market balances, with performance that, according to OpenRouter data, exceeds that of models developed in the United States.