Modele CMIP5 W projekcie uczestniczy kilkanaście globalnych modeli klimatu, między innymi: ACCESS1.0, ACCESS1.3, BCC-CSM1.1, BCC-CSM1.1-m, BESM-OA2.3, BNU-ESM, CanAM4, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CCSM4-RSMAS, CESM-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-CAM5.1.FV2, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CFSv2-2011, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3.6.0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FGOALS-gl, FGOALS-s2, FIO-ESM, GEOS-5, GFDL-CM2.1, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GFDL-HIRAM-C180, GFDL-HIRAM-C360, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, GISS-E2CS-H, GISS-E2CS-R, HadCM3, HadCM3Q, HadGEM2-A, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, HiGEM1.2, INM-CM4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MIROC4h, MIROC4m, MIROC5, MPI-ESM-HR, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-AGCM3.2H, MRI-AGCM3.2S, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NICAM.09, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME.