# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-ornith-1-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

MAI-Thinking-1 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- MAI-Thinking-1 has the higher overall point estimate 53 to 32.61. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 52.8% and 59.6%.
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Ornith AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 32.61 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 23.5 (Estimated · #95/119)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 24 (Estimated · #110/144)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 79% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | 59.6% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 22.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 5.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 34.5 (Estimated · #119/171)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 89.2% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 89.2% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/125)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

MAI-Thinking-1 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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