Model comparison

Laguna M.1 vs Step 3

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Step 3 StepFun

40.5

Rank #149 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 3 leads 37.6 to 21.1.

Side by side

Laguna M.1 and Step 3 specifications
Laguna M.1Step 3
ProviderPoolsideStepFun
Noometry Index32.540.5
Released2026-04-28—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked317

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Category by category

Coding Step 3 leads

Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena WebDev1349—
LMArena Coding—1367

Reasoning Step 3 leads

Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1355
Surface Evolver Bench15.6%—

Math Step 3 leads

Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
ProofBench0%—
LMArena Math—1366

Knowledge Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena Expert—1333

Multimodal Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena Vision—1177

Multilingual Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena Non-English—1327
LMArena Chinese—1397
LMArena German—1371
LMArena Korean—1269
LMArena Russian—1331
LMArena Spanish—1371

Instruction Following Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena Instruction Following—1332

Long Context Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena Longer Query—1326

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Step 3
LMArena Text—1350
LMArena Creative Writing—1321
LMArena Multi-Turn—1341

Frequently asked questions

Is Laguna M.1 better than Step 3?

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Laguna M.1 or Step 3 better for coding?

Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Step 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.

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