# Laguna M.1 vs MAI-Thinking-1

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 52.27 to 4.46.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 19.9 for Laguna M.1 and 53.3 for MAI-Thinking-1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 49.2% and 52.8%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna M.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 4.46 | 52.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #146/151)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | 46% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 30.2 (Supported · #169/183)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.6% | 73.5% | Laguna M.1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.2% | 52.8% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | 46.0% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 68.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 19.9 (Estimated · #179/181)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 68.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.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

### Which is better overall, Laguna M.1 or MAI-Thinking-1?

MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Laguna M.1 and MAI-Thinking-1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 19.9 for Laguna M.1 and 53.3 for MAI-Thinking-1.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna M.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna M.1 currently has 10 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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