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MAI-Thinking-1vsMiniMax M2.5

MAI-Thinking-1 and MiniMax M2.5 do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. MAI-Thinking-1 has the larger context window (256K tokens).

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

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
MAI-Thinking-1
256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Microsoft · MiniMax
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
MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax · released 2026-02-12
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Context
205K
Max out
Input /1M
$0.3
Output /1M
$1.2
Cached /1M
$0.03
Scores
1 · 1 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkMAI-Thinking-1MiniMax M2.5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 15
SWE-bench Verified73.5% not reported
GPQA Diamond84.2% not reported
MMLU-Pro85% not reported
AIME 202597% not reported
AIME 202694.5% not reported
AdvancedIF85% not reported
BFCL v372% not reported
GraphWalks (<=128K)90% not reported
HMMT February 202684.9% not reported
IFBench69% not reported
LiveCodeBench v687.7% not reported
MultiChallenge53% not reported
SimpleQA Verified31% not reported
SWE-bench Pro52.8% not reported
Terminal-Bench 2.046% not reported
Only MiniMax M2.5 reports · 1
LMArena Elonot reported1358.9
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 MAI-Thinking-1 minus MiniMax M2.5 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

SpecMAI-Thinking-1MiniMax M2.5Edge
Context window256K tokens205K tokensMAI-Thinking-1
Max output64K tokens
Input price / 1M$0.3
Output price / 1M$1.2
Cached input / 1M$0.03
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$1.5
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Released2026-08-122026-02-12
Cited benchmark scores151
Reliability

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