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Atria Dawn Preview vs MAI-Thinking-1

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 33.0.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 33.0, ranking #10 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Atria Dawn Preview wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose MAI-Thinking-1

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
33.0
#102
Reasoning
50.5
#12
33.8
#93
Coding
36.2
#22
19.3
#106
Agents
38.8
#10
12.7
#98
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
—
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Atria Dawn Preview
MAI-Thinking-1
Tool use
31.1#12
10.7#120
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 23 for MAI-Thinking-1

1 shared

Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 1 benchmarks (SWE-Bench Pro), while MAI-Thinking-1 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Atria Dawn Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Sep 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

256.0B diff

MAI-Thinking-1 has 256.0B more parameters than Atria Dawn Preview, making it 34.4% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Microsoft
MAI-Thinking-1
1.0Tparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
1000.0B
MAI-Thinking-1

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while MAI-Thinking-1 uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

MAI-Thinking-1

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while MAI-Thinking-1 was released on 2026-06-02.

Atria Dawn Preview is 3 months newer than MAI-Thinking-1.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

5 days ago

3mo newer
MAI-Thinking-1

Jun 2, 2026

3 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and MAI-Thinking-1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
✓ Preferred
MAI-Thinking-1
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs MAI-Thinking-1.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or MAI-Thinking-1?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 33.0. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and MAI-Thinking-1 is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to MAI-Thinking-1 in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. MAI-Thinking-1 scores LongFact: 98.0%, AIME 2025: 97.0%, AIME 2026: 94.5%, GraphWalks: 90.0%, AIR-Bench: 88.0%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and MAI-Thinking-1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 33.0), licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and MAI-Thinking-1?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and MAI-Thinking-1 is developed by Microsoft.

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