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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Laguna XS 2.1 benchmark comparison: Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on average score with 7.3 vs 7.0. Laguna XS 2.1 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.036 vs $0.316. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 5.04s vs 30.08s, with pass rates of 55.6% vs 44.4%.

Recommended model: Laguna XS 2.1 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.0 vs 7.3), while costing about 9.0x less than Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17 Laguna XS 2.1 Laguna XS 2.1 medium Release: 2026-07-02 Free Available
Score 7.3 7.0
Rank #57 #67
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.7 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 55.6% 44.4%
Flaky tests 1 1
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 2.870 0.392
Total Cost $0.316 $0.036
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $0.060 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $0.120 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 57,886 45,324
Output Tokens 9,465 25,761
Reasoning Tokens 0 268,677
Response Time (avg) 5.04s 30.08s
Response Time (max) 23.84s 155.23s
Response Time (total) 70.60s 631.77s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#57 Claude Sonnet 4.6

none
Cost
$0.038
Time
27.3s
Tokens
2,598 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 Sonnet 4.6 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 2.94s 636 1,214 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 Sonnet 4.6 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 5.19s 8,522 2,127 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 Sonnet 4.6 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 23.84s 26,024 3,766 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 Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.43s 8,574 252 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 Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 3.54s 759 413 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 Sonnet 4.6 6.1 3.1 66.7% 1 2.56s 513 192 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 Sonnet 4.6 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 1.96s 690 90 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 Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.53s 663 533 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 Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.11s 11,301 447 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 Sonnet 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 4.67s 204 431 0
Laguna XS 2.1 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 10.88s 255 16 4,437

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