Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Laguna XS 2.1: side-by-side summary

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Laguna XS 2.1 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Laguna XS 2.1, from poolside, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.06/M tokens input, $0.12/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 1,048,576 tokens
• Laguna XS 2.1: 262,144 tokens

Price

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Laguna XS 2.1: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.12/M tokens output

Provided by

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Google
• Laguna XS 2.1: poolside

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite model details, providers and pricing
• Laguna XS 2.1 model details, providers and pricing