# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Qwen3.5-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Qwen3.5-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.5-27B leads overall 58.31 to 52.27.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 51.8 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 40.7 for Qwen3.5-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 46% and 41.6%.
- Qwen3.5-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 52.27 | 58.31 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 48.5 (Estimated · #75/151)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | 41.6% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.41% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #139/183)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 72.4% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 70.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 50.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 48.5 (Supported · #100/181)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 85.5% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 86.1% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 92.6 (#13/120)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.5-27B | 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 Qwen3.5-27B?

Qwen3.5-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and Qwen3.5-27B?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 51.8 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 40.7 for Qwen3.5-27B.

### 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 Qwen3.5-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-27B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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