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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Laguna XS 2.1 (medium) leads on average score with 6.5 vs 6.3. Laguna XS 2.1 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.068 vs $0.548. Claude Sonnet 5 is faster at 6.04s vs 47.93s, with pass rates of 45.5% vs 42.4%.

Recommended modelLaguna XS 2.1 (medium)It has the best score here (6.5), while costing about 8.2x less than Claude Sonnet 5.

Last updated at: 2026-07-17

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 none Release: 2026-06-30 Laguna XS 2.1 Laguna XS 2.1 medium Release: 2026-07-02 Free Available
Score 6.3 6.5
Rank #106 #97
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.7 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 45.5% 42.4%
Flaky tests 4 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 6.840 0.746
Total Cost $0.548 $0.068
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $0.060 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $0.120 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 161,035 118,989
Output Tokens 22,511 30,750
Reasoning Tokens 0 491,833
Response Time (avg) 6.04s 47.93s
Response Time (max) 33.39s 422.72s
Response Time (total) 132.85s 1054.49s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#106 Claude Sonnet 5

none
Cost
$0.061
Time
53.7s
Tokens
6,172 tok

#97 Laguna XS 2.1

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

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 4.6 7.9 22.2% 1 3.67s 10,590 1,864 0
Laguna XS 2.1 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 70.35s 7,995 23,767 83,258

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