Head to head
PO vs QW For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Qwen3 8B costs $0.0043 per solved task against
Laguna S 2.1 at $0.0044 — ▼ 1.0x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.02 a month.
On output token price alone Laguna S 2.1 looks 2.5x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Laguna S 2.1 and Qwen3 8B Figure Laguna S 2.1 Qwen3 8B Input $/Mtok $0.09 $0.117 Output $/Mtok $0.18 $0.455 Cached input $/Mtok $0.009 $0.117 Pass rate 23% 57% Cost per solved task $0.0044 measured $0.0043 measured Cost per month $0.89 $0.87
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen3 8B (measured, $0.0043 per solved task), Laguna S 2.1 (measured, $0.0044 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.1 $1 $10 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen3 8B · MEASURED · $0.0043 per solved task $0.87 Qwen3 8B MEASURED Laguna S 2.1 · MEASURED · $0.0044 per solved task $0.89 Laguna S 2.1 MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen3 8B (measured, $0.0043 per solved task), Laguna S 2.1 (measured, $0.0044 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.1 $1 $10 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen3 8B · MEASURED · $0.0043 per solved task $0.87 Laguna S 2.1 · MEASURED · $0.0044 per solved task $0.89 — Qwen3 8B · MEASURED — Laguna S 2.1 · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings