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MAI-Thinking-1vs
Seed1.8
MAI-Thinking-1 leads 2 of 3 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
2 – 1
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 256K tokens
Providers
2 providers
Microsoft · ByteDance Seed
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
3 shared · 12 only MAI-Thinking-1 · 13 only Seed1.8| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Seed1.8 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% ↗ | 72.9% ↗ | +0.6 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% ↗ | 84.9% ↗ | +0.1 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MultiChallenge | 53% ↗ | 66.7% ↗ | -13.7 pt | Seed1.8 |
| Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 12 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 97% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | 94.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AdvancedIF | 85% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| BFCL v3 | 72% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GraphWalks (<=128K) | 90% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HMMT February 2026 | 84.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| IFBench | 69% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 31% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Seed1.8 reports · 13 | ||||
| AIME-25 | not reported | 94.3% ↗ | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | not reported | 67.9% ↗ | — | — |
| BFCL-v4 | not reported | 57.2% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp-en | not reported | 67.6% ↗ | — | — |
| GPQA-Diamond | not reported | 83.8% ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (text-only, agentic search) | not reported | 40.9% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench(v6) | not reported | 79.5% ↗ | — | — |
| MM-BrowseComp | not reported | 46.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Multi-SWE-Bench | not reported | 42% ↗ | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified (XLANG) | not reported | 61.9% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal Bench 2.0 | not reported | 45.2% ↗ | — | — |
| WideSearch | not reported | 63.8% ↗ | — | — |
| τ2-Bench | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
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 MAI-Thinking-1 minus Seed1.8 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 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Seed1.8 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 64K tokens | 64K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | — | $0.25 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $2 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.05 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $2.25 | — |
| Modalities | text | text · vision · video | Seed1.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 15 | 16 | — |
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