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GPT-4.1vsMAI-Thinking-1

MAI-Thinking-1 leads 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. GPT-4.1 has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
1 – 2
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
GPT-4.1
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.2446% · —
OpenAI · Microsoft
GPT-4.1
OpenAI · released 2025-04-14
textvision
Context
1.0M
Max out
33K
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$8
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
10 · 8 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-4.1MAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified54.6% 73.5% -18.9 ptMAI-Thinking-1
GPQA Diamond66.3% 84.2% -17.9 ptMAI-Thinking-1
SimpleQA Verified31.1% epoch31% +0.1 ptGPT-4.1
Only GPT-4.1 reports · 6
MMLU90.2% not reported
AIME 202448.1% not reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)6% epochnot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)38.3% epochnot reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)48.5% epochnot reported
Video-MME (long, no subtitles)72% not reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 12
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 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-4.1MAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window1.0M tokens256K tokensGPT-4.1
Max output33K tokens64K tokensMAI-Thinking-1
Input price / 1M$2
Output price / 1M$8
Cached input / 1M$0.5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$10
Modalitiestext · visiontextGPT-4.1
Released2025-04-142026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores1015
Reliability

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