# Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Laguna M.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Laguna M.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-haiku-4-5-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna M.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Haiku 4.5 leads overall 52.79 to 3.93.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 44.2 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 18.6 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 72.2% and 27.0%.
- Laguna M.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Laguna M.1 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.79 | 3.93 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $5.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 27 (Supported · #142/152)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 23.9 (Estimated · #147/152)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| JobBench | 16.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 43.8% | 34.1% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Laguna M.1
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 27.2 (Supported · #144/151)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 29.7 (Supported · #140/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% | 74.6% | Laguna M.1 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 41.2% | 68.1% | Laguna M.1 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.6% | 57.6% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 63.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 49.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #115/183)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #182/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 72.2% | 27.0% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 78.7% | 68.8% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 28.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 5.903% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.083% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Laguna M.1?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Laguna M.1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 44.2 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 18.6 for Laguna M.1.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Haiku 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Haiku 4.5 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna M.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna M.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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