Poolside

Laguna S 2.1

Poolside's sparse open-weight coding and agent model, combining a million-token context window with a comparatively small active parameter count.

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Model record

Laguna S 2.1 model overview

Laguna S 2.1 is a open weights model from Poolside. It was released on July 21, 2026. Its strongest case is million-token context, while buyers should account for hosted prices are endpoint-specific and not represented as canonical model prices.

Laguna S 2.1 benchmark snapshot

EvaluationReported scoreWhat it probes
MMLU-ProNot reportedBroad knowledge and multi-step reasoning
GPQA DiamondNot reportedGraduate-level science reasoning
SWE-bench VerifiedNot reportedVerified real-repository issue resolution
LiveCodeBenchNot reportedContamination-aware competitive programming
SWE-Bench ProNot reportedLonger, harder professional software tasks
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexNot reportedComposite third-party capability index; version matters

Scores are percentages reported by model creators or benchmark maintainers under varying settings. A blank is preferable to an inferred result. See our methodology.

Laguna S 2.1 strengths

  • Million-token context
  • Downloadable OpenMDW weights
  • Low active fraction for coding and agent work

Laguna S 2.1 limitations

  • Hosted prices are endpoint-specific and not represented as canonical model prices
  • Runtime compatibility requires separate verification
  • OpenMDW is not an OSI-approved license
Editorial take: Benchmark rank should narrow a shortlist, not close a purchase. Run a private evaluation with representative prompts, failure cases, latency targets, and total token costs.

Source record

Specifications and scores are linked to the best source located during review. Provider-reported results are not presented as third-party lab reproductions.

Source limitation: First-party announcement: https://poolside.ai/blog/introducing-laguna-s-2-1. The free hosted alias is not a separate model. Provider-authored vLLM instructions are not treated as separately verified runtime-maintainer compatibility evidence.

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