MAI-Code-1-Flash
Microsoft · MAI Code line · coding
New linefirst release Jun 2, 2026 — no rhythm to measure yet
Released Jun 2, 2026 · what changed →Days since last release
Days since last release
MAI-Code-1-Flash · Jun 2, 2026
99
days
What changed
Microsoft's first in-house coding model — small, cheap, and ahead of Claude Haiku 4.5 on the coding tests Microsoft published.
Compared with Claude Haiku 4.5 · a competitor — comparison chosen by Microsoft
Solves about half of hard real-world coding tasks
SWE-bench Pro — fixing real bugs in real software projects
51.2%
▲ vs 35.2% for Haiku 4.5 · +16 points
Follows written instructions more precisely than Haiku 4.5
IF Bench — gap only; Microsoft didn't publish raw scores
+28.9 points
▲ ahead of Haiku 4.5
Costs less than a dollar per million input tokens
Price per 1M tokens — what developers pay, input / output
$0.75 / $4.50
✦ launch price — nothing earlier to compare
Where the MAI Code line stands
MAI-Code-1-Flash is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
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