# DeepSeek V3 vs MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and MAI-Code-1.1-Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-mai-code-1-1-flash
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and MAI-Code-1.1-Flash share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.49 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 36.7 (Estimated · #130/152)
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #118/151)
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 72.6% | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #137/183)
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.9 (#104/123)
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MAI-Code-1.1-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and MAI-Code-1.1-Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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