# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Ripple-65B Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Ripple-65B Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-ripple-65b-preview
- Last updated: November 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- 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 53.02 to 0. 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 61.4%.
- Ripple-65B Preview also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 53.02 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 31.3% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 36.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 71.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 76.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | 61.4% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 39.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 55.2 (Estimated · #58/179)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 85.2% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 84.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#4/157)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 79.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 81.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | 98.3% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | 95.0% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | 90.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or Ripple-65B Preview?

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 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ripple-65B Preview cover on BenchLM?

Ripple-65B Preview currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Ripple-65B Preview vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-ripple-65b-preview)

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