# Microsoft's new MAI Code 1.1 Flash gets crushed by Deepseek on both price and performance

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-new-mai-code-1-1-flash-gets-crushed-by-deepseek-on-both-price-and-performance/>
> Published: 2026-08-12 10:18:46+00:00

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.

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