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by sinxccc 2143 days ago
Tianwen-1: 5000kg/11000lb

Perseverance: 1025kg/2300lb

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The Perseverance mass is just for the rover, but there's a few other components that get it to Mars and on to the surface (the cruise stage, sky crane, etc).

I can't seem to find the Mars 2020 numbers but for MSL (which should be similar) the overall launch mass was 3839 kg of which 899kg was the Curiosity rover itself.

It appears Tianwen rover is only about 200-300 kg, but their orbiter is massive at 3000+ kg.