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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Laguna M.1

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 23.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Surface Evolver Bench: 76.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 15.6% for Laguna M.1.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
ProviderGooglePoolside
Noometry Index61.832.5
Released2026-09-022026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked503

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev15841349
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
LMArena Coding1510—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%15.6%
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
ProofBench48%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1491—
LMArena Chinese1554—
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Russian1515—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1490—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Laguna M.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1499—
LMArena Creative Writing1492—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
LMArena Multi-Turn1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Laguna M.1 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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