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Tencent on Thursday (Feb 27) released a new AI model that it says can answer queries faster than global hit DeepSeek’s R1, in the latest sign the startup’s domestic and overseas success is putting pressure on its larger competitors in China.

The Hunyuan Turbo S is able to reply to queries within a second, distinguishing itself “from DeepSeek R1, Hunyuan T1, and other slow thinking models that need to ‘think for a while before answering’”, Tencent said in a statement.

Tencent added that when tested on fields like knowledge, math, and reasoning, Turbo S’ capabilities matched DeepSeek-V3, which powers DeepSeek’s AI chatbot that has surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT in app store downloads.