# Laguna M.1 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna M.1 and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus 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

- Qwen3.6 Plus leads overall 60.4 to 3.93.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 18.6 for Laguna M.1 and 54 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 27.0% and 87.4%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 3.93 | 60.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 48 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 23.9 (Estimated · #147/152)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #132/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | 53.2% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 29.7 (Supported · #140/151)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 46.9 (Supported · #76/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.6% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | 73.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.2% | 56.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 68.1% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 57.6% | 73.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 66.3 (#22/48)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 60.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #182/183)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 54 (Supported · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 27.0% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 68.8% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.5 (#43/123)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.7 (#4/12)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62.4 (#4/7)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 26.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 8.333% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna M.1 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Laguna M.1 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 18.6 for Laguna M.1 and 54 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna M.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna M.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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