# LLaDA2.2-mini vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LLaDA2.2-mini and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/llada2-2-mini-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 10, 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. LLaDA2.2-mini 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 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 24.9% and 85%.
- MAI-Thinking-1 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | 52 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.3 (Estimated · #50/152)

| Benchmark | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 47.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 57.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 57.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 46% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.4 (Estimated · #57/151)

| Benchmark | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 28.1% | 87.7% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 35.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 52.3 (Estimated · #66/183)

| Benchmark | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 44.4% | 84.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| 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
- LLaDA2.2-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/123)

| Benchmark | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 24.9% | 85% | MAI-Thinking-1 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LLaDA2.2-mini | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 35.0% | 94.5% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LLaDA2.2-mini or MAI-Thinking-1?

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

### How many benchmarks does LLaDA2.2-mini cover on BenchLM?

LLaDA2.2-mini currently has 9 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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