Microsoft vs Poolside
Battle of the providers: Comparing the frontier models from both Microsoft and Poolside to find the best cost-to-performance leaders.
Cross-Provider Frontier Leaders
| Frontier Model |
LMArena Elo |
API Cost (1M) |
Throughput |
| laguna-m.1 |
1354 |
$2e-7 |
84 |
| phi-4 |
1256 |
$7e-8 |
77 |
*These models represent the Pareto Frontier (optimal cost-to-performance).*