According to mydrivers, referencing OpenRouter, a total of 27 trillion tokens were processed by AI models during the week spanning March 30th to April 5th. This represents a 19% increase compared to the preceding week. Tokens are essentially the foundational units of text prompts handled by these models; their size can range from a solitary character up to an entire word, contingent upon the language and the specific context.
Chinese innovations were the primary driver of this growth, with their aggregate figure ascending to 12.96 trillion tokens, marking an increase of over 31% week-over-week. In contrast, American models demonstrated significantly more modest progress, handling 3.03 trillion tokens and exhibiting growth under 1%. For five consecutive weeks now, Chinese offerings have not only demonstrated growth but have also consistently surpassed those from the United States.
The top six rankings were exclusively occupied by Chinese AI solutions. The leading model was Alibaba’s Qwen3.6 Plus, achieving a processing volume of 4.6 trillion tokens. Qwen3.6 Plus Preview secured the third spot with 1.64 trillion tokens processed. Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2-Pro took second place, despite experiencing a 22% dip over the week, still racking up 3.08 trillion tokens.
The remaining places within the top six were held by other Chinese developments: StepFun’s Step 3.5 Flash, MiniMax M2.7, and DeepSeek V3.2.
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