Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Laguna XS.2
37
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking
59
Pick Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 131K context window.
Coding
+14.8 difference
Laguna XS.2
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking
$0 / $0
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131K
128K
Pick Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 131K context window.
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 59 to 37. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 69.9 against 55.1.
Laguna XS.2 gives you the larger context window at 131K, compared with 128K for Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking.
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 59 to 37.
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 69.9 versus 55.1. Laguna XS.2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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