Chinese reasoning models match the best on 4 of 5 benchmarks at 40x lower cost

AG Insights profiled 43 reasoning-model vendors and found that Chinese reasoning models match the best on 4 of 5 benchmarks at 40x lower cost, based on deployment evidence across 12 use cases and projections from 18 analyst institutions.

This is AG Insights' sector read on reasoning models: forty-plus vendors across six tiers, the deployment evidence in twelve use cases, and the two-question framework that turns "should we adopt AI?" into a grounded, use-case-by-use-case decision. Start with the short audio debrief; the full analysis, the exhibits, and every underlying source sit in the tabs alongside. Profiled 43 reasoning-model vendors across the evidence dimensions that matter — flagship model, weights, pricing, benchmarks and deployment — reading each firm's own material, then triangulated the deployment record in twelve use cases and the projections of eighteen analyst institutions against independent sources.