Model comparison

Laguna M.1 vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 Max leads 38.7 to 21.1.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Laguna M.1 and Qwen3 Max specifications
Laguna M.1Qwen3 Max
ProviderPoolsideAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.543.7
Released2026-04-282025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K262K
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked333

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
LMArena WebDev1349—
LMArena Coding—1456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Too close to call

Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1448
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Surface Evolver Bench15.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
ProofBench0%—
LMArena Math—1446
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
LMArena Expert—1455

Multilingual Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English—1429
LMArena Chinese—1478
LMArena French—1449
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399
LMArena Russian—1428
LMArena Spanish—1462

Instruction Following Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following—1419

Long Context Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%
LMArena Longer Query—1438

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text—1439
LMArena Creative Writing—1402
LMArena Multi-Turn—1446

Frequently asked questions

Is Laguna M.1 better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Laguna M.1 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 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 Max share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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