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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Summary

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Laguna XS 2.1 benchmark comparison: Claude Opus 4.8 leads on average score with 7.2 vs 7.0. Laguna XS 2.1 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.036 vs $0.539. Claude Opus 4.8 is faster at 3.48s vs 30.08s, with pass rates of 61.9% vs 44.4%.

Recommended model: Laguna XS 2.1 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.0 vs 7.2), while costing about 15.3x less than Claude Opus 4.8.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 none Release: 2026-05-28 Laguna XS 2.1 Laguna XS 2.1 medium Release: 2026-07-02 Free Available
Score 7.2 7.0
Rank #59 #67
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 61.9% 44.4%
Flaky tests 2 1
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 4.485 0.392
Total Cost $0.539 $0.036
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $0.060 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $0.120 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 67,104 45,324
Output Tokens 8,107 25,761
Reasoning Tokens 0 268,677
Response Time (avg) 3.48s 30.08s
Response Time (max) 17.73s 155.23s
Response Time (total) 73.00s 631.77s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#59 Claude Opus 4.8

none
Cost
$0.053
Time
22.0s
Tokens
2,253 tok

#67 Laguna XS 2.1

medium
Cost
$0.001
Time
30.6s
Tokens
4,678 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 3.40s 834 1,472 0
Laguna XS 2.1 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 41.96s 774 353 73,090
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 3.29s 10,590 1,332 0
Laguna XS 2.1 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 70.35s 7,995 23,767 83,258
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 17.73s 29,658 3,259 0
Laguna XS 2.1 9.6 10.0 100.0% 0 13.43s 18,033 507 5,908
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 7.3 5.8 83.3% 1 1.77s 10,503 308 0
Laguna XS 2.1 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.50s 7,734 234 3,129
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 5.3 7.2 44.4% 1 1.70s 975 61 0
Laguna XS 2.1 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 65.66s 834 17 91,533
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.48s 708 230 0
Laguna XS 2.1 5.0 10.0 0.0% 0 4.15s 537 119 1,375
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 1.37s 909 95 0
Laguna XS 2.1 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 2.57s 753 82 1,844
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.74s 894 783 0
Laguna XS 2.1 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 3.43s 771 357 3,355
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.35s 11,775 355 0
Laguna XS 2.1 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.01s 7,638 309 748
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 3.41s 258 212 0
Laguna XS 2.1 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 10.88s 255 16 4,437

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