China's AI large model call volume has exceeded that of the United States for six consecutive weeks, ranking in the top four out of the top five in the world: MiniMax M3 has entered the top three, while the models Claude and two other large models have dropped out of the top five.

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08/06/2026
According to the latest data from OpenRouter, the total global AI large model calls last week were 36.1 trillion Tokens, an increase of 13.5% compared to the previous week, with a continuous seven-week increase, indicating a sustained release of demand for large model calls. Among the listed AI large models, the weekly call volume of Chinese AI large models reached 14.19 trillion Tokens, an increase of 27.49% compared to the previous week, achieving growth for three consecutive weeks; while the weekly call volume of American AI large models during the same period was 3.2 trillion Tokens, a decrease of 24.53% compared to the previous week. The weekly call volume of Chinese large models has exceeded that of the United States for six consecutive weeks and remains the top spot globally. Last week, the top five in global call volume rankings were all Chinese AI large models. Among them, DeepSeek-V4-Flash has been the top for three consecutive weeks, with a weekly call volume of 3.69 trillion Tokens, an increase of 19% compared to the previous week; Tencent Hy3 preview has been second for three consecutive weeks, with a weekly call volume of 2.94 trillion Tokens, a decrease of 3% compared to the previous week; the newly launched MiniMaxM3 rushed into the top three last week with a weekly call volume of 2.5 trillion Tokens. According to official introduction, MiniMaxM3 is the first large model in the country that has both "cutting-edge coding abilities, 1M ultra-long context, and native multimodal" capabilities. Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 ranked fourth with a weekly call volume of 2.19 trillion Tokens, an increase of 50% compared to the previous week.