# Laguna XS 2.1 vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna XS 2.1 and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-xs-2-1-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS 2.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 52 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 37.5% and 46%.
- Laguna XS 2.1 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | 52 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.3 (Estimated · #50/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | 46% | MAI-Thinking-1 |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.4 (Estimated · #57/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.9% | 73.5% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.6% | 52.8% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | 46.0% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 52.3 (Estimated · #66/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/123)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna XS 2.1 or MAI-Thinking-1?

MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

Laguna XS 2.1 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [MAI-Thinking-1 vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-mai-thinking-1)
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- [MAI-Thinking-1 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-mai-thinking-1)

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