# Laguna M.1 vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna M.1 and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Laguna M.1 and Step 3.7 Flash share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Laguna M.1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna M.1 | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | StepFun |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 43.7 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 37.1 (Estimated · #74/126)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 51.57% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 25.7 (Supported · #105/149)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #95/149)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.2% | 56.3% | Step 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 68.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #96/182)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 68.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.1 (#54/146)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Laguna M.1 and Step 3.7 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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