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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs MAI-Thinking-1

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 58.0 to 33.0.

Anthropic · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 58.0 to 33.0, ranking #3 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 2; 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 Claude Sonnet 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 58.0 and ranks #3 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose MAI-Thinking-1

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
58.0
#3
33.0
#110
Reasoning
56.6
#3
33.8
#101
Coding
48.8
#2
19.2
#115
Agents
42.3
#3
12.6
#106
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
$2.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Claude Sonnet 5.5
MAI-Thinking-1
Math
36.9#34
33.7#54
Tool use
34.0#2
10.7#125
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

47 reported for Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 23 for MAI-Thinking-1

2 shared

Claude Sonnet 5.5 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HealthBench Professional, SWE-Bench Pro), while MAI-Thinking-1 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Oct 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Microsoft
MAI-Thinking-1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas MAI-Thinking-1 does not.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MAI-Thinking-1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

MAI-Thinking-1

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 5.5 was released on 2026-09-28, while MAI-Thinking-1 was released on 2026-06-02.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is 4 months newer than MAI-Thinking-1.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Sep 28, 2026

4 days ago

3mo newer
MAI-Thinking-1

Jun 2, 2026

4 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while MAI-Thinking-1's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Sonnet 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without MAI-Thinking-1's cutoff date.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Jun 2026

MAI-Thinking-1

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Sonnet 5.5 and MAI-Thinking-1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
✓ Preferred
MAI-Thinking-1
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs MAI-Thinking-1.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or MAI-Thinking-1?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 58.0 to 33.0. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is made by Anthropic 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 Claude Sonnet 5.5 compare to MAI-Thinking-1 in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.3%, ArXivMath (with tools): 95.2%, Global-MMLU: 92.1%, MILU: 91.6%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 90.3%. 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 context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and MAI-Thinking-1?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and MAI-Thinking-1 supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and MAI-Thinking-1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (58.0 vs 33.0), multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 5.5 and MAI-Thinking-1?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and MAI-Thinking-1 is developed by Microsoft.

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