Model comparison
Laguna M.1 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Poolside
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Laguna M.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 41.0 to 23.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Surface Evolver Bench: 15.6% for Laguna M.1 and 45% for Qwen3.8 27B.
Side by side
| Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Poolside | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 46.0 |
| Released | 2026-04-28 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.30 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.8 27B leads
Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204), Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1349 | 1593 |
| SciCode | — | 46.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1482 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 47.5% |
Reasoning Qwen3.8 27B leads
Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | 45% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 42.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 54.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1460 |
| DTBench | — | 88% |
| LMCA | — | 41.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.38 |
Math Qwen3.8 27B leads
Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283), Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 0% | 16% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1456 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1482 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1271 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1504 |
| LMArena French | — | 1465 |
| LMArena German | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1448 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1439 |
Long Context Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1450 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1384 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1671 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1441 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Laguna M.1 better than Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Laguna M.1 or Qwen3.8 27B better for coding?
Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Qwen3.8 27B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.