Model Comparison

Qwen3.7-Plus vs MAI-Thinking-1Which is better in 2026?

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Qwen3.7-Plus vs MAI-Thinking-1 — which is better?

Qwen3.7-Plus (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and MAI-Thinking-1 (by Microsoft) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Qwen3.7-Plus outperforms in 8 benchmarks (GPQA, HMMT Feb 26, IFBench, LiveCodeBench v6, MMLU-Pro, SWE-Bench Pro, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0), while MAI-Thinking-1 is better at 0 benchmarks. Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Qwen3.7-Plus if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 8 of 8 shared benchmarks

Choose MAI-Thinking-1 if…

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2026

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

8 benchmarks

Qwen3.7-Plus outperforms in 8 benchmarks (GPQA, HMMT Feb 26, IFBench, LiveCodeBench v6, MMLU-Pro, SWE-Bench Pro, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0), while MAI-Thinking-1 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.7-Plus specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.7-Plus specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.7-Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Microsoft
MAI-Thinking-1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.7-Plus supports multimodal inputs, whereas MAI-Thinking-1 does not.

Qwen3.7-Plus can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen3.7-Plus

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.

Qwen3.7-Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

MAI-Thinking-1

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.7-Plus was released on 2026-05-31, while MAI-Thinking-1 was released on 2026-06-02.

MAI-Thinking-1 is 0 month newer than Qwen3.7-Plus.

Qwen3.7-Plus

May 31, 2026

1 months ago

MAI-Thinking-1

Jun 2, 2026

1 months ago

2d newer

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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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.7-Plus

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (90.3% vs 84.2%)
Higher HMMT Feb 26 score (92.9% vs 84.9%)
Higher IFBench score (79.1% vs 69.0%)
Higher LiveCodeBench v6 score (89.6% vs 87.7%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (88.5% vs 85.0%)
Higher SWE-Bench Pro score (57.6% vs 52.8%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (77.7% vs 73.5%)
Higher Terminal-Bench 2.0 score (70.3% vs 46.0%)
Microsoft

No standout differentiators in the data we have for this pair.

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen3.7-Plus and MAI-Thinking-1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Qwen3.7-Plus
✓ Preferred
MAI-Thinking-1
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Feature
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.7-Plus
Microsoft
MAI-Thinking-1

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.7-Plus vs MAI-Thinking-1.

Which is better, Qwen3.7-Plus or MAI-Thinking-1?

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3.7-Plus is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and MAI-Thinking-1 is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Qwen3.7-Plus compare to MAI-Thinking-1 in benchmarks?

Qwen3.7-Plus scores IFEval: 94.6%, MMLU-Redux: 94.5%, HMMT Feb 26: 92.9%, MRCR v2: 91.7%, OmniDocBench 1.5: 91.4%. 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 Qwen3.7-Plus and MAI-Thinking-1?

Qwen3.7-Plus 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 Qwen3.7-Plus and MAI-Thinking-1?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Qwen3.7-Plus and MAI-Thinking-1?

Qwen3.7-Plus is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and MAI-Thinking-1 is developed by Microsoft.

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