# Laguna S 2.1 vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna S 2.1 and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-s-2-1-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 23, 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 Sage-A1.5 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.
- Sage-A1.5 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 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 62.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 12 |
| 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
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.5% | 72.7% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.4% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| DeepSWE | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Laguna S 2.1 and Sage-A1.5?

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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