Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Laguna XS.2

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#33); Laguna XS.2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Laguna XS.2 Poolside

32.9

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Laguna XS.2 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 57.3 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 36% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 0% for Laguna XS.2.
  • Laguna XS.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index54.132.9
Released2026-07-212026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked462

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Laguna XS.2: 34.4

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena WebDev15381302
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Laguna XS.2: 21.1

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
ProofBench36%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Laguna XS.2?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#33); Laguna XS.2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Laguna XS.2 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Laguna XS.2 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Laguna XS.2 has 2.

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