Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Laguna M.1

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 leads 62.8 to 23.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Surface Evolver Bench: 58.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 15.6% for Laguna M.1.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 FlashLaguna M.1
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index54.232.5
Released2026-05-192026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked543

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev14991349
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
LMArena Coding1492—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%15.6%
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1488—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
ProofBench31%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
LMArena Math1504—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1495—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1476—
LMArena Chinese1526—
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Russian1493—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1467—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1482—
LMArena Creative Writing1470—
EQ-Bench 41087—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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