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GPT-4.1 nanovsMAI-Thinking-1

MAI-Thinking-1 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GPT-4.1 nano 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 – 2
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
GPT-4.1 nano
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.2446% · —
OpenAI · Microsoft
GPT-4.1 nano
OpenAI · released 2025-04-14
textvision
Context
1.0M
Max out
33K
Input /1M
$0.1
Output /1M
$0.4
Cached /1M
$0.025
Scores
7 · 5 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

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoMAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
GPQA Diamond50.3% 84.2% -33.9 ptMAI-Thinking-1
SimpleQA Verified6% epoch31% -25 ptMAI-Thinking-1
Only GPT-4.1 nano reports · 4
MMLU80.1% not reported
Aider Polyglot9.8% not reported
AIME 202429.4% not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)28.9% epochnot reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 13
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported73.5%
MMLU-Pronot reported85%
AIME 2025not reported97%
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%
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 GPT-4.1 nano 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

SpecGPT-4.1 nanoMAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window1.0M tokens256K tokensGPT-4.1 nano
Max output33K tokens64K tokensMAI-Thinking-1
Input price / 1M$0.1
Output price / 1M$0.4
Cached input / 1M$0.025
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$0.5
Modalitiestext · visiontextGPT-4.1 nano
Released2025-04-142026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores715
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