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GPT-5 nanovsMAI-Thinking-1

MAI-Thinking-1 leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. GPT-5 nano has the larger context window (400K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 4
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5 nano
400K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.8553% · —
OpenAI · Microsoft
GPT-5 nano
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$0.05
Output /1M
$0.4
Cached /1M
$0.005
Scores
7 · 7 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-5 nanoMAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 4
SWE-bench Verified54.7% 73.5% -18.8 ptMAI-Thinking-1
GPQA Diamond69.4% epoch84.2% -14.8 ptMAI-Thinking-1
AIME 202585% matharena97% -12 ptMAI-Thinking-1
SimpleQA Verified11.7% epoch31% -19.3 ptMAI-Thinking-1
Only GPT-5 nano reports · 3
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)2.4% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)20% epochnot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)81.1% epochnot reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 11
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%
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-5 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-5 nanoMAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window400K tokens256K tokensGPT-5 nano
Max output128K tokens64K tokensGPT-5 nano
Input price / 1M$0.05
Output price / 1M$0.4
Cached input / 1M$0.005
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$0.45
Modalitiestext · visiontextGPT-5 nano
Released2025-08-072026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores715
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