Chinese LLMs cost 4–8 less than GPT-5. Here is the real price table

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I run a small OpenAI-compatible gateway that fronts Chinese model providers, which means I see wholesale prices every day. The gap to Western frontier models is bigger than most people assume — and the reason more teams have not switched is not price. It is signup. Here are the actual numbers, plus…

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1. 2026-09-20 07:21 · DEV Community — AI
   Chinese LLMs cost 4–8 less than GPT-5. Here is the real price table