Performance Benchmarks for laguna-m.1

Analyze how laguna-m.1 stacks up against other frontier models in terms of cost-to-performance and raw intelligence (LMArena Elo).

2026 Performance Summary

🚀 Intelligence (Elo): 1347
💰 API Cost (Input): $2e-7 / 1M tokens
⚡ API Cost (Output): $4e-7 / 1M tokens
⏱️ Real-world Throughput: 58.5 tokens/s

Analysis: While laguna-m.1 is a capable model, it is currently outperformed in efficiency by gemini-3.1-pro-preview. gemini-3.1-pro-preview sits higher on the Pareto line, offering approximately 139 points more intelligence (Elo) for a comparable or lower API cost.

Highly Recommended Alternatives

Frontier Model	LMArena Elo	API Cost (1M)	Throughput
gemini-3.1-pro-preview	1486	$0.000002	74
kimi-k2.7-code	1478	$7.4e-7	67
gemini-3-flash	1473	$5e-7	61
mimo-v2.5-pro	1466	$4.35e-7	43
gemma-4-31b	1451	$1.2e-7	41

*These models represent the Pareto Frontier (optimal cost-to-performance).*