Ronin@DeRonin_x

87% cost cut with 4% quality loss by swapping to Chinese AI models

• Replaced Opus 4.8 with Kimi K2.7 for reasoning, achieving 11x cheaper price with ~8% benchmark gap.
• Swapped GPT-5.5 to Qwen 3.7 Max for code generation, 7x cheaper with ~18% benchmark gap.
• For video generation, replaced Sora 2 with Kling 3.0 at 6x cheaper with roughly equal quality.

how to reproduce · Identify each task category (reasoning, code, agent loops, bulk, image, video). For each, select a Chinese model that benchmarks within ~18% of the original while being 5-12x cheaper. Run for 30 days, measure cost and output quality, then compare revenue.