Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Laguna M.1

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 51.7 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 15% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview and Laguna M.1 specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index52.332.5
Released2025-12-172026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked593

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev14391349
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
LMArena Coding1460—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1465—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
LMArena Expert1462—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1458—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1452—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1466—
LMArena Creative Writing1457—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Laguna M.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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