# Grok 4.5 vs Laguna M.1

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-5-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 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

- Grok 4.5 leads overall 63.97 to 36.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 57.7 for Grok 4.5 and 27 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 92.9% and 27.0%.
- Laguna M.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.5 also has the larger context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.5 | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 63.97 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.6 (Supported · #29/122)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 15.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | 34.1% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.5
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #27/146)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 27 (Supported · #100/146)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.7% | 49.2% | Grok 4.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 78% | 63.1% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.4% | 68.1% | Grok 4.5 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | 57.6% | Grok 4.5 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 23.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 50.4 (#28/28)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 85.67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 79.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 67 (Supported · #19/174)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | 27.0% | Grok 4.5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.2% | 68.8% | Grok 4.5 |

## FAQ

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

Grok 4.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 57.7 for Grok 4.5 and 27 for Laguna M.1.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.5 currently has 17 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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