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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Laguna M.1

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 27.8 to 21.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 13% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • Gemini 3.5 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 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index41.831.9
Released2026-07-212026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked383

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev14401348
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
LMArena Coding1455—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1441—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
ProofBench13%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
LMArena Math1431—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
LMArena Expert1430—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1266—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1428—
LMArena Chinese1467—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1406—
LMArena Russian1443—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1436—
LMArena Creative Writing1419—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1445—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Laguna M.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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