# Claude Mythos 5 vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Mythos 5 and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Mythos 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Mythos 5 leads overall 85 to 52.27.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 88% and 46%.
- Claude Mythos 5 also has the larger context window at 1M+.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | 52.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88% | 46% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95.5% | 73.5% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80.3% | 52.8% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88.0% | 46.0% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: 85.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Multimodal | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.1% | 84.2% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| HLE | 64.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 97.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Mythos 5 or MAI-Thinking-1?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Mythos 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Mythos 5 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-5-1)
- [MAI-Thinking-1 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-1-vs-mai-thinking-1)
- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-preview)
- [MAI-Thinking-1 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-preview-vs-mai-thinking-1)

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