Model comparison
Laguna M.1 vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Poolside
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 28.4 to 23.1.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Poolside | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-28 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 33K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1317 |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | — |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Laguna M.1 better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Laguna M.1 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Qwen Plus share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.