{"slug": "microsoft-s-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and", "title": "Microsoft's new MAI Code 1.1 Flash gets crushed by Deepseek on both price and performance", "summary": "Microsoft released MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a code model for GitHub Copilot that is 25 percent more token-efficient at a quarter of the cost of its predecessor, but benchmarks show it is outperformed by the cheaper Deepseek V4 Flash. The move fits a pattern of Microsoft touting open AI while integrating proprietary models into its apps to protect margins.", "body_md": "Microsoft has released MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a code model for GitHub Copilot that's said to be 25 percent more token-efficient at a quarter of the cost of its predecessor. In benchmarks, though, it gets crushed by the cheaper Deepseek V4 Flash. The move fits a pattern: Microsoft talks up open AI, then bakes worse proprietary models into its apps to protect margins.\n\nThe article [Microsoft's new MAI Code 1.1 Flash gets crushed by Deepseek on both price and performance](https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and-performance/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and-performance/", "published_at": "2026-08-12 10:18:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 10:21:17.250211+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "MAI Code 1.1 Flash", "GitHub Copilot", "Deepseek V4 Flash", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and.jsonld"}}