Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Laguna M.1

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

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DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 43.8 to 21.1.
  • Laguna M.1 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 164K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Laguna M.1 specifications
DeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
ProviderDeepSeekPoolside
Noometry Index42.332.5
Released2025-01-202026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K262K
Max output64K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked523

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
LMArena WebDev—1349
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
LMArena Coding1427—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Laguna M.1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1416—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
ProofBench—0%
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
LMArena Math1400—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1412—
LMArena Chinese1442—
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1404—
LMArena Japanese1391—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1411—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1382—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
Fiction.LiveBench75%—
LMArena Longer Query1391—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Laguna M.1
LMArena Text1428—
LMArena Creative Writing1405—
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1405—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Laguna M.1?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Laguna M.1 does, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Laguna M.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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