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Gemini 2.5 Flash-LitevsMAI-Thinking-1

MAI-Thinking-1 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · Microsoft
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2025-07-22
textvisionaudio
Context
1.0M
Max out
66K
Input /1M
$0.1
Output /1M
$0.4
Cached /1M
$0.01
Scores
4 · 4 core
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
text
Context
256K
Max out
64K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
15 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified27.6% 73.5% -45.9 ptMAI-Thinking-1
GPQA Diamond66.7% 84.2% -17.5 ptMAI-Thinking-1
AIME 202563.1% 97% -33.9 ptMAI-Thinking-1
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite reports · 1
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)6.9% not reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 12
MMLU-Pronot reported85%
AIME 2026not reported94.5%
AdvancedIFnot reported85%
BFCL v3not reported72%
GraphWalks (<=128K)not reported90%
HMMT February 2026not reported84.9%
IFBenchnot reported69%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported87.7%
MultiChallengenot reported53%
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported31%
SWE-bench Pronot reported52.8%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported46%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite minus MAI-Thinking-1 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window1.0M tokens256K tokensGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Max output66K tokens64K tokensGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Input price / 1M$0.1
Output price / 1M$0.4
Cached input / 1M$0.01
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$0.5
Modalitiestext · vision · audiotextGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Released2025-07-222026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores415
Reliability

Provider status

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