# Claude Instant vs Laguna M.1

> Laguna M.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#252); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-instant-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Laguna M.1 leads 21.9 to 18.8.
- Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Instant | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Poolside |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 31.9 |
| Rank | — | 252 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Instant: —
- Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1348 |
| HumanEval+ | 50.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Instant: 18.8
- Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 45.8% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude Instant: —
- Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| GSM8K | 86.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Instant: —
- Laguna M.1: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 86.3% | — |
| MMLU | 73.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 78.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Instant better than Laguna M.1?

Laguna M.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#252); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Instant and Laguna M.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Instant has 7 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.