# Laguna XS 2.1 vs Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna XS 2.1 and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-xs-2-1-vs-ornith-1-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Laguna XS 2.1 and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 37.06 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 46.7 (Estimated · #75/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #79/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.9% | 79% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | 71.4% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.6% | 59.6% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 22.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 5.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Estimated · #127/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Laguna XS 2.1 and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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