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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Laguna M.1

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 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 math, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 57.3 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 36% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • Gemini 3.6 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 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index54.132.5
Released2026-07-212026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked463

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev15381349
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
ProofBench36%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Laguna M.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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