# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Laguna M.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Laguna M.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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

- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads overall 60.5 to 4.46.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 53 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 19.9 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 83.8% and 27.0%.
- Laguna M.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 60.5 | 4.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #146/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54% | 45.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | 34.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 30.2 (Supported · #169/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.0% | 45.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | 49.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | 68.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 57.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 63.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.1 (#16/48)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #71/181)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 19.9 (Estimated · #179/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | 27.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | 68.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Laguna M.1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 53 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 19.9 for Laguna M.1.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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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