FUTURE BY NUMBERS
AI 1 Oct 2026

US vs Chinese AI: who's cheaper?

At the median, Chinese AI models cost about 3× less than US ones.

Median price per million output tokens: $8.00 for US labs versus $2.58 for Chinese labs, across 12 US and 8 Chinese models. List prices only, not a quality comparison.

  • US labs (median): $8.00 per million output tokens
  • Chinese labs (median): $2.58 per million output tokens

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