Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Laguna XS.2

DeepSeek V4 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#35); Laguna XS.2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Laguna XS.2 Poolside

32.9

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Laguna XS.2 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 60.3 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 56% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 0% for Laguna XS.2.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Laguna XS.2 specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
ProviderDeepSeekPoolside
Noometry Index53.632.9
Released2026-04-242026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked412

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Laguna XS.2: 34.4

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena WebDev15821302
FrontierCode18.8%—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
LMArena Coding1457—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Laguna XS.2: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1444—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Laguna XS.2: 21.1

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
ProofBench56%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
LMArena Math1427—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Laguna XS.2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
LMArena Expert1441—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Laguna XS.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1468—
LMArena French1439—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1384—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Laguna XS.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Instruction Following1421—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Laguna XS.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Longer Query1434—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Laguna XS.2: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Text1432—
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Laguna XS.2?

DeepSeek V4 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#35); Laguna XS.2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Laguna XS.2 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Laguna XS.2 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Laguna XS.2 has 2.

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