Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
41
MAI-Thinking-1
65
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Pro Base unranked · MAI-Thinking-1 #23
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Pro Base only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Knowledge
+6.5 difference
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
MAI-Thinking-1
$null / $null
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N/A
N/A
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1M
256K
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Pro Base only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
MAI-Thinking-1 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 65 to 41. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
MAI-Thinking-1's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 69.9 against 63.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 55.2% to 31%.
MAI-Thinking-1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V4 Pro Base is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. DeepSeek V4 Pro Base gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for MAI-Thinking-1.
MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 65 to 41. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 55.2% and 31%.
MAI-Thinking-1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.9 versus 63.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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