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Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Laguna M.1

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.4

Rank #141 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 39.5 to 20.3.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index40.431.9
Released2026-03-032026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$1.50—
Results tracked383

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.5 (#179), Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev12561348
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
LMArena Coding1400—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 29.9 (#72), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.3 (#181), Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1407—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index144.45—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.5 (#82), Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
ProofBench—0%
LMArena Math1427—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.7 (#95), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%—
LMArena Expert1397—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 38.7 (#57), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.5 (#82), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1410—
LMArena Chinese1461—
LMArena French1423—
LMArena German1429—
LMArena Japanese1411—
LMArena Korean1393—
LMArena Russian1420—
LMArena Spanish1420—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.9 (#126), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1376—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#117), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1394—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 61.0 (#90), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1416—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
LMArena Multi-Turn1417—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.5 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Laguna M.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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