# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Laguna M.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Laguna M.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash leads overall 68.39 to 3.93.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 67.9 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 18.6 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 93.4% 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 3.6 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 68.39 | 3.93 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #41/152)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 23.9 (Estimated · #147/152)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 34.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.6 (Supported · #27/151)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 29.7 (Supported · #140/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 49.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 68.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 57.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 76 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #18/183)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #182/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 27.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 68.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Laguna M.1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 67.9 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 18.6 for Laguna M.1.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 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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