# MAI-Thinking-1 vs o4-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and o4-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-o4-mini
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MAI-Thinking-1 and o4-mini 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.
- MAI-Thinking-1 has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 53.1 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 97.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: 66.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DROP | Coming soon | 77.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: 66.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 55.5 (Estimated · #59/187)
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 77.6% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/149)
- o4-mini public-lane score: 83.9 (#53/149)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 81.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MAI-Thinking-1 and o4-mini?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [MAI-Thinking-1 vs o4-mini (high)](/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [o4-mini vs o4-mini (high)](/compare/o4-mini-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [MAI-Thinking-1 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-mai-thinking-1)
- [o4-mini vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-o4-mini)

## Explore More

- [MAI-Thinking-1 profile](/models/mai-thinking-1)
- [o4-mini profile](/models/o4-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)