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MAI-Thinking-1vsStep 3.7 Flash
Step 3.7 Flash leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Both offer a 256K-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
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Step 3.7 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Microsoft · StepFun
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
text
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- 64K
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 15 · 7 core
Step 3.7 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-05-29
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 19 · 6 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 12 only MAI-Thinking-1 · 16 only Step 3.7 Flash| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% ↗ | 76.5% ↗ | -3 pt | Step 3.7 Flash |
| AIME 2026 | 94.5% ↗ | 95% ↗matharena ⚠ | -0.5 pt | Step 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% ↗ | 56.3% ↗ | -3.5 pt | Step 3.7 Flash |
| Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 12 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 97% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AdvancedIF | 85% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| BFCL v3 | 72% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GraphWalks (<=128K) | 90% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HMMT February 2026 | 84.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| IFBench | 69% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MultiChallenge | 53% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 31% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Step 3.7 Flash reports · 16 | ||||
| AA-LCR | not reported | 63.9% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp | not reported | 75.8% ↗ | — | — |
| ClawEval v1.1 | not reported | 67.1% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSearchQA Accuracy | not reported | 81.7% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSearchQA F1 | not reported | 92.8% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval-Stirrup | not reported | 1415.8 ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval-Stirrup Intelligence Index | not reported | 45.8 ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (with tools, text-only) | not reported | 49.7% ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (with tools) | not reported | 47.2% ↗ | — | — |
| ResearchRubrics | not reported | 71.7% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleVQA (with tools) | not reported | 79.2% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | not reported | 72.4% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 59.6% ↗ | — | — |
| Toolathlon | not reported | 49.5% ↗ | — | — |
| V* (with Python) | not reported | 95.3% ↗ | — | — |
| WorldVQA (with visual search) | not reported | 58.1% ↗ | — | — |
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 Step 3.7 Flash 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | MAI-Thinking-1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 64K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | — | — |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | Step 3.7 Flash |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | 2026-05-29 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 15 | 19 | — |
Reliability
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