# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash 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

- Gemini 3.5 Flash leads overall 70 to 52.27.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 55.2 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 73.4 for MAI-Thinking-1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 76.2% and 46%.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 70 | 52.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #61/151)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | 46% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #34/183)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | 46.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 52.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#6/48)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (#17/22)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 68.5 (Supported · #19/181)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 84.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#34/120)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | 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, Gemini 3.5 Flash or MAI-Thinking-1?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and MAI-Thinking-1?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 55.2 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 73.4 for MAI-Thinking-1.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 27 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.

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