# Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Laguna M.1

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Laguna M.1 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Laguna M.1 has the lower published output-token price.
- Laguna M.1 has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 53.82 | 3.93 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #91/152)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 23.9 (Estimated · #147/152)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50% | 45.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 17.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 48.51% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 27.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 34.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #54/151)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 29.7 (Supported · #140/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | 74.6% | Claude Sonnet 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 68.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 57.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 19.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 13.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 51.2 (Estimated · #73/183)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #182/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 27.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 68.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 34.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 13.495% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Laguna M.1?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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