Claude Opus 4.8 vs MAI-Code-1-Flash
Wins 3 of 4 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Math
Wins 1 of 4 areas
Following instructions
Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger all-rounder.MAI-Code-1-Flash is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 8 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the four areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Math and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Opus 4.8 pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+30.7points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+18.9points ahead
- Long, multi-file coding tasks in real codebasesSWE-bench Pro+18points ahead
Where MAI-Code-1-Flash pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+12.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 8 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Opus 4.8
- SWE-bench MultilingualClaude Opus 4.8 by 18.984.465.5+18.9
- SWE-bench ProClaude Opus 4.8 by 1869.251.2+18
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Opus 4.8 by 1788.671.6+17
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.8
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Opus 4.8 by 30.748.718+30.7
- GPQA DiamondClaude Opus 4.8 by 7.49284.6+7.4
Following instructionsMAI-Code-1-Flash
- IFBenchMAI-Code-1-Flash by 12.862.275+12.8
Other results1 test, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- Terminal-Bench 2.0Claude Opus 4.8 by 19.874.654.8+19.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or MAI-Code-1-Flash?
Claude Opus 4.8 wins three of the four areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and math. MAI-Code-1-Flash wins following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.8. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; MAI-Code-1-Flash wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 8 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 7 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 1 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.