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Command A ReasoningvsMAI-Thinking-1
MAI-Thinking-1 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Both offer a 256K-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
—
list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Cohere · Microsoft
Command A Reasoning
Cohere · released 2025-08-21
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- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- 32K
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 5 · 1 core
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
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- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- 64K
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 15 · 7 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 3 only Command A Reasoning · 13 only MAI-Thinking-1| Benchmark | Command A Reasoning | MAI-Thinking-1 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | 57% ↗ | 97% ↗ | -40 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| IFBench | 36% ↗ | 69% ↗ | -33 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| Only Command A Reasoning reports · 3 | ||||
| SciCode | 30% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Tau2-bench Telecom | 37% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 13 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 73.5% ↗ | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 84.2% ↗ | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | not reported | 85% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 94.5% ↗ | — | — |
| AdvancedIF | not reported | 85% ↗ | — | — |
| BFCL v3 | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
| GraphWalks (<=128K) | not reported | 90% ↗ | — | — |
| HMMT February 2026 | not reported | 84.9% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | not reported | 87.7% ↗ | — | — |
| MultiChallenge | not reported | 53% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 31% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Pro | not reported | 52.8% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | not reported | 46% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Command A Reasoning minus MAI-Thinking-1 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Command A Reasoning | MAI-Thinking-1 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 32K tokens | 64K tokens | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| Input price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | — | — |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2025-08-21 | 2026-08-12 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 5 | 15 | — |
Reliability
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