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  3. Laguna XS 2.1 (free) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Updated Aug 2026

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) is cheaper than Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B at $0/M vs $2/M input tokens.

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Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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Laguna XS 2.1 (free)
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Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

17 prompts
  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): I'll analyze each clause in this software consulting agreement to identify potential risks to the contractor and suggest modifications with legal reasoning. Clause-by-Clause Analysis Clause 1: SCOPE Risk: Unlimited scope creep without additional compensation Modification: Add: "Any modification to the scope requiring…

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: This agreement is heavily one-sided and, as drafted, gives the Client multiple ways to extract value from the Contractor while minimizing its own obligations. Some provisions may be unenforceable or limited by law in certain jurisdictions, but even unenforceable clauses can be exploited commercially because the…

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): The Transistor Revolution: A 1920 Timeline Analysis Immediate Impact (1920-1940) Early Military Applications With transistors available 27 years before radar, telecommunications would see revolutionary improvements: Radio warfare: Nations could develop sophisticated radio direction-finding and jamming capabilities by…

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Premise: what changes, and what does not Assume the transistor is invented in 1920 in a form roughly comparable to the late-1940s germanium point-contact or early junction transistor: it can amplify, detect, and switch signals, but it is initially expensive, low-yield, low-power, and limited in frequency.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Recipe: "Nocturne of Shadows and Light" Concept: A poetic exploration of ancient flavors (pomegranate, quince) intertwined with modernist techniques (spherification, sous vide) and an unexpected coffee-cocoa depth, harmonizing the boldness of game with the elegance of fruit.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Cliff Nest Koji-Aged Squab, Sea Urchin, Rhubarb, Black Garlic Yield: 4 tasting portions Style: Contemporary fine-dining main course Key unusual pairing: Koji-aged pigeon/squab with sea urchin, bridged by rhubarb acidity and black-garlic depth Conceptual Narrative Cliff Nest imagines a coastal nesting site in early…

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Recipe Name: Sun-Drenched Tomato & Herb Skillet Pasta Ingredients (7): 8 oz pasta (penne, fusilli, or spaghetti) 1 can (14 oz) crushed tomatoes 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium onion, diced 3 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp dried oregano (or basil/thyme) ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese (plus extra for serving) Prep Time: 10 minutes…

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Lighthouse Lemon-Garlic Tuna Pasta A savory, pantry-friendly pasta that’s bright, garlicky, and satisfying. 7 Pantry Ingredients 8 oz spaghetti or linguine 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 2 cans tuna, drained 2 tablespoons lemon juice ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon salt Water for boiling…

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): [Opening] Walks on stage, adjusts mic "So, I’ve been trying to disconnect from technology lately. Which is funny, because my phone is literally trying to disconnect from me. It keeps showing me this little red badge that says, ‘Battery at 5%.’

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Hey, how we doing? Good? Great. I ask because I need validation. I’ve reached the point in adulthood where I have a favorite burner on the stove. Not a favorite appliance, a favorite burner. It’s the front left. It understands me. The back right says “medium heat” and then acts like a small volcano.

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  • Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Analysis of "Blade Runner 2049": Themes, Symbolism, Cinematography, and Connection to the Original Themes: Blade Runner 2049 delves into themes of memory, identity, and the essence of humanity, building upon the original's existential inquiries while expanding them into new territories.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is one of the rare sequels that does not merely imitate the surface style of its predecessor. It returns to the philosophical core of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and then asks what those questions look like a generation later.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): 3-Month Longevity & Performance Optimization Plan for a Biohacker Designed for advanced biohackers with a focus on longevity, cognitive sharpness, and peak physical performance. Assumes access to basic medical testing, wearables, and some advanced tools (e.g., neurofeedback apps).

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: 12-Week “Longevity + Performance” Biohacker Protocol Goal: improve healthspan markers, metabolic flexibility, strength, VO₂max, sleep, stress resilience, and cognitive output over 3 months. Important: This is an educational, high-level biohacking framework—not medical advice. It is not appropriate for everyone.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): For the Software Engineer Think of training a language model like building a distributed prediction system with an incredibly complex API contract. Instead of training on labeled datasets where you explicitly tell it "this text is sentiment-positive," you're feeding it massive amounts of text and asking it to predict…

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: An experienced software engineer Think of an LLM as a stateless inference service whose API contract is: “give me a sequence of tokens, and I’ll return a probability distribution over the next token.” Training is a huge offline optimization job, not a database import.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Simulated Interview with Steve Jobs (2025) Setting: A minimalist, sunlit studio in Palo Alto. Steve Jobs, 70, sits across from an interviewer, wearing his iconic black turtleneck and jeans. The camera rolls. Interviewer: Steve, you’ve been gone for a decade, but your vision still shapes how we live with technology.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Fictional interview simulation — not real quotes from Steve Jobs. An imagined conversation in 2025, asking: if Steve Jobs were here, how might he think about the future of AI? The Interview: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI in 2025 Setting: A quiet stage. Black turtleneck, jeans, round glasses.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO Subject: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Long/Short/Comps Analysis Date: [Insert Date] Recommendation: LONG 12-Month Price Target Range: $85–$105 Thesis: LedgerLift is executing on a best-in-class B2B SaaS spend management platform with high net revenue retention (NRR), strong gross margins, and a rapidly…

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Internal IC Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) – Fictional Exercise Recommendation Rating: Pass 12-month PT range: $38–$48 Thesis: LedgerLift is a high-quality spend-management/AP automation SaaS with strong NRR, efficient CAC payback, and low concentration, but at $46 the shares already price in near-bull-case execution on DCF…

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Looking at this pitch deck, I've identified three particularly weak claims that could undermine investor confidence: Weakness #1: "94% accuracy" claim (Slide 3) Why it's weak: This specificity without context is misleading.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: The three weakest claims are the ones most likely to collapse under investor diligence: “before you think it,” “94% accuracy… any language, any device,” and the $180B TAM claim. They are weak because they are either scientifically implausible, under-specified, or logically inconsistent with the market evidence cited.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Real-Time Collaborative Editor Architecture Analysis This architecture has several critical issues that would cause data loss, conflicts, and poor user experience. Let me identify the main problems and propose solutions.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: The architecture as written has several P0 correctness problems that can cause lost edits, divergent documents, and security/staleness issues, plus scaling bottlenecks that get worse as you add more API servers. Below is a detailed failure-mode review, grouped by category.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): 1-Month Health & Longevity Plan Focus Areas: Diet, Exercise, Sleep Week 1: Start with Foundational Habits Diet: Action: Add 1 serving of fruit or vegetables daily (e.g., a banana with breakfast, a side salad with lunch). Why: Boosts nutrient intake and fiber.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1-month health and longevity plan focused on three key areas: diet, movement, and sleep/stress. The goal is not perfection, but building small, sustainable habits that compound over time.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): To estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3, we use a standard formula for large language models: Total FLOPs ≈ 6 × Parameters × Tokens Step-by-Step Reasoning: Parameters: GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters (175 × 10⁹). Tokens: The model was trained on 300 billion tokens (3 × 10¹¹).

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: A reasonable estimate is: [ \boxed{\sim 3 \times 10^{23} \text{ FLOPs}} ] More specifically, about: [ \boxed{3.1 \times 10^{23} \text{ FLOPs}} ] for the main GPT-3 175B training run.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): The question of whether it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save one million lives hinges on the ethical framework applied and the nuances of the scenario. Below is a structured analysis: 1.

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Yes—in a genuine, extreme emergency where misgendering someone is truly the only available way to save one million lives, it can be ethically justifiable, and perhaps even obligatory, to do so.

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): "AI Takes Over Adult Entertainment Industry, Promises ‘Unmatched Consistency’ and ‘No Need for Breaks’ in Replacement Human Performers" Satirical twist: The robots will now handle all awkward silences, while the AI voiceover declares, “Would you like to proceed with the simulation?”

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: AI Takes Over Competitive Goat Yoga Industry, Cites “Superior Breath Control and Zero Ego”

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Laguna XS 2.1 (free): Here are 5 jokes: Pun: Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! Knock-knock: Knock knock. Who’s there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Lettuce in, it’s cold out here! One-liner: I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Math joke: Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7, 8, 9!

    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: Here are 5 jokes: Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I told my friend she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down.

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Favorites

Movie

Album

Book

City

Game

Laguna XS 2.1 (free)Laguna XS 2.1 (free)
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No pick

Blade Runner

1982

No pick

No pick

Paris

France

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Action

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Arrival

2016

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Le petit prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Kyoto

Japan

Portal 2

Shooter, Puzzle

Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B compared across 35 shared prompts
SpecLaguna XS 2.1 (free)Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Input priceFree$2/M tokens
Output priceFree$6/M tokens
Context window262K tokens1.0M tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)No
ReleasedJul 2026Aug 2026
At 10M a month$0$0$20.00$20.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it8 hosts
Laguna XS 2.1 (free)1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • PPoolsidefp8$0 in·$0 out·262k·99.8% up
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B7 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Alibaba Cloud$2.00 in·$6.00 out·1M·99.9% up
  • DDeepInfrafp4$2.00 in·$6.00 out·262k·99.8% up
  • Modal$2.00 in·$6.00 out·1M·98.9% up
  • NNovita$2.00 in·$6.00 out·1M·99.9% up
  • SSiliconFlowfp8$2.00 in·$6.00 out·1M·99.5% up
  • TTogether$2.00 in·$6.00 out·1M·100% up
1 more hostFewer hosts
  • VVenice$2.00 in·$6.00 out·262k·99.8% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 6 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Laguna XS 2.1 (free) and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) is developed by Poolside while Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is developed by Qwen. Laguna XS 2.1 (free) has a 262K token context window vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 35 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Laguna XS 2.1 (free) or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

It depends on your use case. Laguna XS 2.1 (free) and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 35 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Laguna XS 2.1 (free) cost compared to Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) costs $0/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B costs $2/M input tokens. Laguna XS 2.1 (free) is $2.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Laguna XS 2.1 (free) and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Laguna XS 2.1 (free) and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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