Model comparison

GPT-5 Mini vs Laguna M.1

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Mini OpenAI

41.8

Rank #128 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5 Mini 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 GPT-5 Mini leads 46.7 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 9% for GPT-5 Mini and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • GPT-5 Mini accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Mini and Laguna M.1 specifications
GPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
ProviderOpenAIPoolside
Noometry Index41.832.5
Released2025-08-072026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K262K
Max output128K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked603

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 40.1 (#146), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
SWE-bench Verified64.7%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)59.8%—
LMArena WebDev—1349
SWE-bench Multilingual39.7%—
SciCode39.2%—
WeirdML52.7%—
LMArena Coding1406—
ALE-Bench799.77—
AlgoTune1.38—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 31.1 (#70), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
Terminal-Bench34.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.5%—
Vending-Bench 2-31.18—

Reasoning Too close to call

GPT-5 Mini: 23.9 (#168), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
ARC-AGI-24.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-154.3%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
EnigmaEval8.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1380—
Mystery Game Puzzles10%—
DTBench80.5%—
LMCA34.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.52—
ForecastBench61—

Math GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 46.7 (#69), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
ProofBench9%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
Omni-MATH72.2%—
LMArena Math1378—
MATH Level 597.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 45.6 (#86), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond75%—
Humanity's Last Exam19.4%—
SimpleQA Verified21.6%—
MMLU-Pro83.5%—
Confabulations13.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
GPQA (HELM)75.6%—
LMArena Expert1379—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 35.6 (#85), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1202—
VPCT40.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 48.9 (#137), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1363—
LMArena Chinese1385—
LMArena French1386—
LMArena German1366—
LMArena Japanese1341—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Russian1362—
LMArena Spanish1355—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 76.2 (#46), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
IFEval92.7%—
LMArena Instruction Following1357—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 41.9 (#132), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%—
LMArena Longer Query1355—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 55.2 (#148), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1373—
LMArena Creative Writing1325—
Short-Story Creative Writing83.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1313—
WildBench85.5%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1363—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Mini better than Laguna M.1?

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Mini or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5 Mini does, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Mini and Laguna M.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5 Mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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