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gpt-oss-20bvsMAI-Thinking-1

MAI-Thinking-1 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. MAI-Thinking-1 has the larger context window (256K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
MAI-Thinking-1
256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.9367% · —
OpenAI · Microsoft
gpt-oss-20b
OpenAI · released 2025-08-05
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Context
131K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
6 · 5 core
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
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Context
256K
Max out
64K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
15 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bMAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified60.7% 73.5% -12.8 ptMAI-Thinking-1
GPQA Diamond71.5% 84.2% -12.7 ptMAI-Thinking-1
AIME 202589.2% matharena97% -7.8 ptMAI-Thinking-1
Only gpt-oss-20b reports · 2
LMArena Elo1287.3 not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)65.3% epochnot 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 gpt-oss-20b 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-oss-20bMAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window131K tokens256K tokensMAI-Thinking-1
Max output131K tokens64K tokensgpt-oss-20b
Input price / 1M
Output price / 1M
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2025-08-052026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores615
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