# GPT-5.6 Sol vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Sol and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-sol-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Sol 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

- GPT-5.6 Sol leads overall 80.65 to 50.71.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 80.9 for GPT-5.6 Sol and 51.7 for MAI-Thinking-1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 91.9% and 46%.
- GPT-5.6 Sol also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 80.65 | 50.71 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $4.00 / $20.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 69.9 (Supported · #6/154)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 91.9% | 46% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| BrowseComp | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 62.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 26% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 75.2 (Supported · #5/156)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.1 (Estimated · #67/156)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 42 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.6% | 52.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 91.9% | 46.0% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| DeepSWE | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 32.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 96.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 70.4 (#11/19)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 7.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GeneBench-Pro | 28.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 87.6 (#4/49)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 80.9 (Supported · #5/186)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #73/186)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.6% | 84.2% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| GPQA-D | 94.6% | 84.2% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| HLE-Verified | 54.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 33.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 95.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 87.7 (#28/124)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 95.4 (#1/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 89.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 83.000% | 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, GPT-5.6 Sol or MAI-Thinking-1?

GPT-5.6 Sol is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Sol and MAI-Thinking-1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 80.9 for GPT-5.6 Sol and 51.7 for MAI-Thinking-1.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Sol cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Sol currently has 37 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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