# Laguna S 2.1 vs Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna S 2.1 and Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-s-2-1-vs-mellum2-1-12b-a2-5b-thinking
- Last updated: October 8, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Laguna S 2.1 and Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking has the lower published output-token price.
- Laguna S 2.1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna S 2.1 | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | JetBrains |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.2% | 17.4% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.4% | 28% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| DeepSWE | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 64.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Laguna S 2.1 and Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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