Head-to-head comparison across 4benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
MAI-Thinking-1
65
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
64
Verified leaderboard positions: MAI-Thinking-1 #23 · Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #12
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Agentic
+10.1 difference
Coding
+1.0 difference
Knowledge
+11.7 difference
Inst. Following
+8.4 difference
MAI-Thinking-1
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
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256K
262K
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
MAI-Thinking-1 finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 65 to 64. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for MAI-Thinking-1.
MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 65 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 46% and 49.4%.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.6 versus 69.9. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 71. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 56.1 versus 46. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 85. MAI-Thinking-1 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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