Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Laguna Xs 2.1 (free) from Poolside on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
Grok 4.5
Laguna Xs 2.1 (free)Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.
Laguna XS 2.1 is the latest coding agent model in the 33B-A3B category from Poolside, representing a step forward from the Laguna XS.2 model released in April 2026. It features an extensive context length of 262,144 tokens, allowing it to process large amounts of code and developer inputs. This model provides a robust solution for a wide range of coding agent tasks.
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Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 and Laguna Xs 2.1 (free) accepts 262,144 input tokens.
Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Laguna Xs 2.1 (free) accepts text input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context.
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