Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Laguna M.1
Gemma 3 12B and Laguna M.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 32.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Laguna M.1 leads 23.1 to 15.7.
- Laguna M.1 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Poolside | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 32.5 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2026-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Laguna M.1 leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1349 |
| SciCode | 17.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Laguna M.1 leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | — |
Math Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| LMArena Math | 1307 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Laguna M.1?
Gemma 3 12B and Laguna M.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 32.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Laguna M.1 better for coding?
Laguna M.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Laguna M.1 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Laguna M.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.