# MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

Microsoft, released 2026-08-11

**Verdict: conditional.** MAI-Code-1.1-Flash is Microsoft's refreshed small-tier Copilot coding model — a quarter the cost and 22% better on Terminal-Bench 2.1 than its June predecessor, now with native vision. It's built for high-volume iterative work rather than frontier reasoning, making it the cheapest serious coding model in Copilot. Reach for it on everyday completions, refactors, and image-assisted debugging; use a flagship for complex architecture. Last verified 2026-08-15.

## Pricing

- Input: $0.20 / 1M
- Output: $1.20 / 1M
- Context: 256K context

## Strengths

- High-volume iterative Copilot workflows — completions, refactors, and scaffolds where latency and token cost dominate
- Image-assisted debugging — native vision for reading screenshots, diagrams, and error images in chat
- Cost-sensitive Copilot users — $0.20/$1.20 per 1M, 73% below the MAI-Code-1-Flash list price
- .NET workloads — 15% improvement over MAI-Code-1-Flash
- Complex multi-file architecture or novel algorithm design — 138B total / 5B active sparse MoE caps reasoning depth
- General-purpose non-coding tasks — a specialized coding model, not a general assistant
- Independent benchmark verification — Microsoft published no task-by-task comparison, and vision attachment support is inconsistently documented across surfaces

## Benchmarks

- Terminal-Bench 2.1 (vs MAI-Code-1-Flash): +22% (https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-1-1-flash-br-better-faster-at-a-quarter-of-the-cost/)
- .NET tasks (vs MAI-Code-1-Flash): +15% (https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-1-1-flash-br-better-faster-at-a-quarter-of-the-cost/)
- Code survival through commit: +4% (https://github.com/microsoft/MAI-Code)

## Sources

- [Microsoft AI — MAI-Code-1.1-Flash: Better, faster, at a quarter of the cost](https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-1-1-flash-br-better-faster-at-a-quarter-of-the-cost/)
- [GitHub — microsoft/MAI-Code repo](https://github.com/microsoft/MAI-Code)
- [Microsoft AI — MAI-Code-1.1-Flash model card (PDF)](https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Code-1.1-Flash-Model-Card.PDF)
- [LinkLoot — MAI-Code-1.1-Flash at a lower token price](https://linkloot.io/blog/microsoft-mai-code-11-flash-github-copilot-lower-token-price)
- [Neowin — Microsoft releases MAI-Code-1.1-Flash](https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-releases-mai-code-11-flash-coding-model-to-better-compete-with-chinese-models/)
- [GitHub Changelog — MAI-Code-1.1-Flash available in GitHub Copilot](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-11-mai-code-1-1-flash-available-in-github-copilot/)
- [GitHub Changelog: Upcoming deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash (retirement 2026-09-10)](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-11-upcoming-deprecation-of-mai-code-1-flash/)

Canonical: https://neomanex.com/models/mai-code-1-1-flash