# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate 64.23 to 53.3. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 55.6 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 59.4 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 52.8% and 62.5%.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 53.3 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 51.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | 91.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | 62.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 76.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 55.6 (Estimated · #53/177)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: MAI-Thinking-1
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/127)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 81.3% | MAI-Thinking-1 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 74.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 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 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 55.6 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 59.4 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

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

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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