Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Laguna XS.2
32
ZAYA1-74B-Preview
58
Pick ZAYA1-74B-Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Coding
+0.1 difference
Laguna XS.2
ZAYA1-74B-Preview
$0 / $0
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
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N/A
131K
256K
Pick ZAYA1-74B-Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 58 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 131K for Laguna XS.2.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 58 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 68.2% and 53.2%.
Laguna XS.2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 53.3 versus 53.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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