# Grok Code Fast 1 vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok Code Fast 1 and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-code-fast-1-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok Code Fast 1 and MAI-Thinking-1 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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 37.21 | 52.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $1.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 46% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 32.5 (Estimated · #163/183)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.8% | 73.5% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 57.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 39.1 (Estimated · #144/181)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 48.2 (#83/120)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok Code Fast 1 and MAI-Thinking-1?

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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## Explore More

- [Grok Code Fast 1 profile](/models/grok-code-fast-1)
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