Model guide · 2026-08-28 · HippoAPI Editorial Team

How to evaluate Chinese AI models for a global product

A practical evaluation plan for DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, and other catalog models.

Evaluate the task, not the country label

Start from the product task and compare exact model versions. Test language quality, reasoning, coding, tool use, structured output, context handling, latency, and price with the same authorized examples.

Check international product fit

Include every user language, locale-specific formats, culturally sensitive cases, and the prompts that matter to your support or safety policy. A strong result in one language does not guarantee the same behavior in another.

Plan the production path

Confirm the selected model identifier, endpoint, parameters, rate limits, data requirements, error behavior, and fallback policy. Keep a regression set so model or provider changes can be tested before rollout.