Country standings · China · published July 20, 2026
China on the LMArena category boards.
As of July 20, 2026, China organizations hold 12 of the top 25 slots on the LMArena web development arena board, and Baidu's Ernie 5.1 reaches rank 5 on the search arena board, according to LMArena.
Source: LMArena leaderboard dataset. Country attribution from the reviewed organization registry.12 organizations, 115 models on current boards. Current through July 20, 2026.
Category standings
Best China standing per LMArena board.
Each row is the highest-ranked China organization on one LMArena category board, with that board's publish date and how many top 25 slots China organizations hold.
| Board | Best rank | Organization | Model | LMArena rating | Top 25 slots | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search arena | 05 | Baidu | Ernie 5.1 | 1227.0 | 1 | 2026-07-12 |
| Web development arena | 05 | Z.ai | GLM-5.1 | 1531.7 | 12 | 2026-05-04 |
| text_style_control:longer_query | 09 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | 1497.8 | 5 | 2026-07-20 |
| Math arena | 11 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | 1491.3 | 8 | 2026-07-20 |
| Coding arena | 12 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | 1526.3 | 4 | 2026-07-20 |
| Document arena | 15 | Moonshot AI | Kimi K2.6 | 1449.2 | 4 | 2026-07-12 |
| Overall text arena | 18 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | 1475.3 | 1 | 2026-07-20 |
| Vision arena | 18 | Moonshot AI | Kimi K2.6 | 1282.7 | 4 | 2026-07-12 |
| text_style_control:instruction_following | 19 | Xiaomi | Mimo V2.5 Pro | 1470.2 | 5 | 2026-07-20 |
| text_style_control:hard_prompts | 20 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | 1496.3 | 3 | 2026-07-20 |
| text_style_control:multi_turn | 21 | Z.ai | GLM-5.1 | 1483.4 | 2 | 2026-07-20 |
| text_style_control:creative_writing | 22 | Z.ai | GLM-5.1 | 1453.4 | 2 | 2026-07-20 |
Organizations
China organizations on the boards.
12 organizations registered to China appear on the current LMArena boards. Each row shows how many boards the organization reaches and its single best standing.
| Organization | Boards | Best standing (LMArena) | Model | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z.ai | 11 | #5 Web development arena | GLM-5.1 | 2026-05-04 |
| Baidu | 9 | #5 Search arena | Ernie 5.1 | 2026-07-12 |
| Moonshot AI | 11 | #7 Web development arena | Kimi K2.6 | 2026-05-04 |
| Alibaba | 11 | #9 text_style_control:longer_query | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | 2026-07-20 |
| Xiaomi | 10 | #11 Web development arena | Mimo V2.5 Pro | 2026-05-04 |
| DeepSeek | 9 | #16 Web development arena | DeepSeek V4 Pro Thinking | 2026-05-04 |
| MiniMax | 11 | #20 Document arena | Minimax M3 | 2026-07-12 |
| ByteDance | 9 | #20 Vision arena | Dola Seed 2.0 Pro | 2026-07-12 |
| Meituan | 8 | #47 Coding arena | Longcat Flash Chat 2602 Exp | 2026-07-20 |
| StepFun | 9 | #70 Vision arena | Step 1o Turbo 202506 | 2026-07-12 |
| Tencent | 9 | #71 Vision arena | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 Thinking | 2026-07-12 |
| Ant Group | 8 | #165 Coding arena | Ling Flash 2.0 | 2026-07-20 |
Frontier models
Highest-ranked China models on current boards.
The 12 best-placed models attributed to China, ordered by their best board rank, out of115 distinct China models on the current boards.
| Model | Organization | Best board | Rank | LMArena rating | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie 5.1 | Baidu | Search arena | #5 | 1227.0 | 2026-07-12 |
| GLM-5.1 | Z.ai | Web development arena | #5 | 1531.7 | 2026-05-04 |
| Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot AI | Web development arena | #7 | 1524.6 | 2026-05-04 |
| Qwen3.7 Max Preview | Alibaba | text_style_control:longer_query | #9 | 1497.8 | 2026-07-20 |
| Mimo V2.5 Pro | Xiaomi | Web development arena | #11 | 1476.4 | 2026-05-04 |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | Alibaba | Web development arena | #13 | 1464.0 | 2026-05-04 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro Thinking | DeepSeek | Web development arena | #16 | 1454.7 | 2026-05-04 |
| MiMo V2.5 | Xiaomi | Web development arena | #17 | 1445.6 | 2026-05-04 |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Alibaba | Document arena | #18 | 1444.2 | 2026-07-12 |
| Glm 4.7 | Z.ai | Web development arena | #19 | 1439.9 | 2026-05-04 |
| Minimax M3 | MiniMax | Document arena | #20 | 1435.4 | 2026-07-12 |
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Alibaba | text_style_control:instruction_following | #20 | 1469.8 | 2026-07-20 |
Follow the evidence
Compare against the overall LMArena rankings, review thecountry attribution methodology, and see thefull country table. Standings mirror one named source and carry no Model Gauntlet composite score. Other country files: United States, France.
China questions
How many China organizations rank on the LMArena boards?
12 China organizations appear on the current LMArena category boards with 115 distinct models, drawn from 15 organizations registered to China. Figures are current through July 20, 2026, per LMArena.
Which China model ranks highest right now?
Baidu's Ernie 5.1 is the highest-ranked China model, at rank 5 on the LMArena search arena board with a 1227.0 rating, published July 12, 2026, per LMArena.
How does Model Gauntlet decide a model belongs to China?
Model Gauntlet attributes a model to a country through its organization. Each organization carries reviewed headquarters country codes in the organization registry, and a model inherits the country codes of the organization that published it. Organizations based in more than one country are counted under each of their codes. This is organizational attribution. It is not a claim about where a model was trained or where its compute ran.
Is this a Model Gauntlet ranking of China?
No. These standings mirror the named LMArena category boards, published through July 20, 2026. Model Gauntlet runs no evaluation of its own and publishes no composite or consensus score.