# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Laguna M.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Laguna M.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads overall 69.25 to 39.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 61 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 25.7 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 94.4% 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 3.8 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 69.25 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 65.9 (Supported · #16/128)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Finance Agent v2 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 19.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 59.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 81.3% | 34.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 62.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #17/150)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 25.7 (Supported · #106/150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.5% | 68.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.0% | 57.6% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 19.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 39.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 18.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 74.3 (#17/28)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 10.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 87.3 (#9/54)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (Supported · #13/184)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.4% | 27.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.2% | 68.8% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 5.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 68.421% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 21.951% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Laguna M.1?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.8 Flash and Laguna M.1?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 61 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 25.7 for Laguna M.1.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.8 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.8 Flash currently has 31 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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