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MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

Microsoft · 11 August 2026

Update to MAI-Code at a quarter of the cost, with 25% fewer tokens, 25% faster streaming and 22% better on Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Copilot CLI.

Efficiency release for GitHub Copilot with better code quality, +4% code survival and +15% on .NET tasks, per Microsoft's own metrics.

Date
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Lab
Microsoft
Kind
model
Access
closed API
Price
quarter of MAI-Code-1.0 cost (2026-08)

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Copilot CLI)+22% vs 1.0
uses 25% fewer tokens; quarter of 1.0's cost
company

Sources

  1. microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-1-1-flash-br-better-faster-at-a-quarter-of-the-cost/

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