# Laguna XS 2.1 vs Ornith-1.0-35B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna XS 2.1 and Ornith-1.0-35B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-xs-2-1-vs-ornith-1-0-35b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ornith-1.0-35B 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

- Ornith-1.0-35B leads overall 49 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 37.5% and 64.2%.
- Ornith-1.0-35B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Laguna XS 2.1 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.0-35B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | DeepReinforce AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.0-35B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #76/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.0-35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | 64.2% | Ornith-1.0-35B |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.0-35B public-lane score: 46.5 (Estimated · #80/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.0-35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.9% | 75.6% | Ornith-1.0-35B |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | 69.3% | Ornith-1.0-35B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.6% | 50.4% | Ornith-1.0-35B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | 64.2% | Ornith-1.0-35B |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 34.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna XS 2.1 or Ornith-1.0-35B?

Ornith-1.0-35B 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 Ornith-1.0-35B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.0-35B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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