It Doesn’t Always Have to Be Claude Code: Why This Developer Swears by Chinese AI Models
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Alibaba/Qwen
Benchmarks show that Chinese AI models such as GLM-5.2, Kimi K3, and Qwen3.8-Max are now on par with or even better than major US models in some tasks, and often at significantly lower cost. The article highlights a developer who prefers these Chinese models.
Current benchmarks indicate that Chinese AI models like GLM-5.2, Kimi K3, and Qwen3.8-Max no longer need to hide behind the big US models. Depending on the task, they deliver comparable or in some cases even better performance, and often at significantly lower costs. The article, written by Kim Rixecker, who covers the Software & Development department at t3n, explores why this developer swears by Chinese AI models instead of the popular Claude Code.
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