# Inkling vs Laguna S 2.1

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-laguna-s-2-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Inkling and Laguna S 2.1 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Laguna S 2.1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Poolside |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 62.78 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.10 / $0.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #119/151)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: 48.2 (Estimated · #77/151)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | 70.2% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 49.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 41.4 (Supported · #132/183)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: 47.8 (Estimated · #87/183)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 59.4% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | 70.2% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.5% | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 48.7 (#38/48)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #45/181)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 85.2 (#43/120)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Inkling and Laguna S 2.1?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Laguna S 2.1 vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-laguna-s-2-1)

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