# Laguna S 2.1 vs Ripple-65B Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna S 2.1 and Ripple-65B Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-s-2-1-vs-ripple-65b-preview
- Last updated: November 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Laguna S 2.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ripple-65B Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Laguna S 2.1 leads overall 57 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 70.2% and 80.5%.
- Ripple-65B Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna S 2.1 | Ripple-65B Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.2% | 80.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 31.3% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 36.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 71.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.2% | 80.5% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.4% | 61.4% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| DeepSWE | 40.4% | 44.3% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 39.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 98.3% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna S 2.1 or Ripple-65B Preview?

Laguna S 2.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna S 2.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna S 2.1 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ripple-65B Preview cover on BenchLM?

Ripple-65B Preview currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

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- [Ripple-65B Preview vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-ripple-65b-preview)
- [Laguna S 2.1 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-s-2-1-vs-laguna-xs-2)
- [Ripple-65B Preview vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-ripple-65b-preview)

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