# Grok 4.5 vs Laguna XS 2.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.5 and Laguna XS 2.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-5-vs-laguna-xs-2-1
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS 2.1 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 68.1 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 83.3% and 37.5%.
- Laguna XS 2.1 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 XS 2.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 68.1 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.10 / $0.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 60.5 (Supported · #19/152)
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna XS 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 15.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 83.3% | 37.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| deepSwe | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 62.2 (Supported · #16/151)
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna XS 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.7% | 47.6% | Grok 4.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 78% | 63.1% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 83.3% | 37.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| cursorBench32 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 78.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 44.8 (#20/20)
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna XS 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 69.4 (Supported · #14/183)
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Laguna XS 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 4.5 or Laguna XS 2.1?

Grok 4.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

Grok 4.5 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna XS 2.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna XS 2.1 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Laguna XS 2.1 vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-laguna-xs-2-1)
- [Grok 4.5 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/grok-4-5-vs-laguna-xs-2)
- [Laguna XS 2.1 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-laguna-xs-2-1)

## Explore More

- [Grok 4.5 profile](/models/grok-4-5)
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