# Laguna M.1 vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna M.1 and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: September 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8 Max 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

- Qwen3.8 Max leads overall 71.76 to 3.88.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 18.6 for Laguna M.1 and 68.8 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 27.0% and 93.7%.
- Qwen3.8 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 3.88 | 71.76 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 24 (Estimated · #149/153)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 67.3 (Supported · #9/153)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | 67.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 27.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 29.7 (Supported · #141/152)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #20/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.2% | 67.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 68.1% | 87.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 57.6% | 85.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 15.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.4 (#5/48)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 86.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #182/183)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 68.8 (Supported · #17/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 27.0% | 93.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 68.8% | 88.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 90.7 (#18/123)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna M.1 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Laguna M.1 and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 18.6 for Laguna M.1 and 68.8 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### 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 Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 60 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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