Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Grok Code Fast 1
39
MAI-Thinking-1
65
Verified leaderboard positions: Grok Code Fast 1 unranked · MAI-Thinking-1 #23
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok Code Fast 1 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Coding
+0.2 difference
Grok Code Fast 1
MAI-Thinking-1
$0.2 / $1.5
N/A
172 t/s
N/A
2.81s
N/A
256K
256K
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok Code Fast 1 only becomes the better choice if 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 39. 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 coding, where it averages 71 against 70.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 70.8% to 73.5%.
MAI-Thinking-1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok Code Fast 1 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.
MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 65 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 70.8% and 73.5%.
MAI-Thinking-1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 71 versus 70.8. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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