Beating or comparable to Opus 4.6 in benchmarks. Opus 4.6 was released in February, 2026. So if we still want to talk about a "6 month difference" between Chinese and American AI, the sentence should now be:
Chinese (small model) AI is 6 months behind American (largest model) AI.
Chinese (small model) AI is 6 months behind American (largest model) AI.