Comparing 2 models

Laguna S 2.1 vs Grok 4.5

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Laguna S 2.1
Model 2Grok 4.5
Best for
RAG & Long Context (#5)
Best Cheap LLM for High Volume (#3)
Provider
poolside
x-ai
Context
1.0MBest
500K
Input / 1M
$0.100Best
$2
Output / 1M
$0.20Best
$6
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
yesBest
Released
Jul 20, 2026
Jul 7, 2026