Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
MAI-Thinking-1
65
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
78
Verified leaderboard positions: MAI-Thinking-1 #23 · Mistral Medium 3.5 128B unranked
Pick Mistral Medium 3.5 128B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-1 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Coding
+6.6 difference
MAI-Thinking-1
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
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$1.5 / $7.5
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256K
256K
Pick Mistral Medium 3.5 128B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-1 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 78 to 65. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 77.6 against 71. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 73.5% to 77.6%.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 78 to 65. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 73.5% and 77.6%.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.6 versus 71. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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