# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 50.84 to 50.78.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 95.4 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 71 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 73.5% and 60.8%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Prism ML |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 50.84 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #60/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50 (Estimated · #62/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | 90.1% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 60.8% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv (overall) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #71/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 85.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 85.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: MAI-Thinking-1
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 95.4 (#1/124)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 74% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | 95% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | 95.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 95.4 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 71 for Ternary Bonsai 2 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 Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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