# MAI-Thinking-1 vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-74B-Preview 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 52.27 to 45.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 73.4 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 56.4 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 84.2% and 57.3%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Zyphra |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.27 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 7 |
| 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)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 49.1 (Estimated · #79/183)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | 65.7% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 53.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #107/181)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 57.3% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 57.3% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 68.1% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 56.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | 76.4% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 73.4 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 56.4 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.

### 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 ZAYA1-74B-Preview cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-74B-Preview currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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