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GPT-6 Astra leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GPT-6 Astra has the larger context window (1.1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
2 – 0
GPT-6 Astra leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
GPT-6 Astra
1.1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.702% · —
OpenAI · Microsoft
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI · released 2026-09-03
textvision
Context
1.1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$10
Output /1M
$50
Cached /1M
$1
Scores
8 · 5 core
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
text
Context
256K
Max out
64K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
15 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
GPQA Diamond96% 84.2% +11.8 ptGPT-6 Astra
SimpleQA Verified75.6% epoch31% +44.6 ptGPT-6 Astra
Only GPT-6 Astra reports · 5
AutomationBench41.4% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)97.6% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)93.7% epochnot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)100% epochnot reported
Terminal-Bench Science 0.164.6% not reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 13
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported73.5%
MMLU-Pronot reported85%
AIME 2025not reported97%
AIME 2026not reported94.5%
AdvancedIFnot reported85%
BFCL v3not reported72%
GraphWalks (<=128K)not reported90%
HMMT February 2026not reported84.9%
IFBenchnot reported69%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported87.7%
MultiChallengenot reported53%
SWE-bench Pronot reported52.8%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported46%
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 GPT-6 Astra 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

SpecGPT-6 AstraMAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window1.1M tokens256K tokensGPT-6 Astra
Max output128K tokens64K tokensGPT-6 Astra
Input price / 1M$10
Output price / 1M$50
Cached input / 1M$1
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$60
Modalitiestext · visiontextGPT-6 Astra
Released2026-09-032026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores815
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