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Laguna XS.2
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RANKED #194 OF 234 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #303 OF 6,509 · VIBE SCORE 5.4 · 58 VOICES
Agentic coding model from Poolside in the XS size class for local deployment
HAPPY7.8
1 mentions
SAD7.2
3 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 2,224 voices
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Laguna XS.2 once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
33.4B parameters (3B active MoE), a Q4 file is about 19 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$700 USEDINT4 / Q4_K_M, ~35 tok/s, 16k context
- SWEET SPOT
Apple Mac Studio M4 Max (36GB Unified Memory)
36 GB UNIFIED RAM
~$1999 NEWQ4_K_M or Q5_K_M, ~42 tok/s, 32k context via MLX/Ollama
- FULL POWER
Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB (48GB total)
48 GB VRAM
~$3400 NEWBF16 / FP8, ~65 tok/s, 131k context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN LAGUNA XS.2?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Laguna XS.2 takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB | SWEET SPOTApple Mac Studio M4 Max (36GB Unified Memory) | FULL POWERDual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB (48GB total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~14 S★★★★★ | ~12 S★★★★★ | ~8 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~43 S★★★★★ | ~36 S★★★★★ | ~23 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~3.8 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.2 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.1 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~12 MIN★★★★★ | ~9.9 MIN★★★★★ | ~6.4 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~7.1 MIN★★★★★ | ~6 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.8 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Laguna XS.2 right now.
22 POSTS · 36 COMMENTS · REDDIT · BLOG · GITHUB
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- People find it expensive (7 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
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DeepSeek V4 Flash> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-04-30 · 318 UPVOTESLocal AI News You Missed - April 2026
Local AI News You Missed - April 2026
- REDDIT · 2026-08-19 · 124 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
Comment in r/singularity
- REDDIT · 2026-07-22 · 116 UPVOTESLlama.cpp just added support for Laguna XS.2 & M.1
Llama.cpp just added support for Laguna XS.2 & M.1
- REDDIT · 2026-08-19 · 55 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
Comment in r/singularity
- REDDIT · 2026-07-22 · 49 UPVOTESAdd support for Laguna XS.2 & M.1 by joerowell · Pull Request #25165 · ggml-org/llama.cpp
Add support for Laguna XS.2 & M.1 by joerowell · Pull Request #25165 · ggml-org/llama.cpp
- BLOG · 2026-05-16 · 32 UPVOTESRecent Developments in LLM Architectures: KV Sharing, mHC, and Compressed Attention
After a short family break, I am excited to be back and catching up on a busy few weeks of open-weight LLM releases. The thing that stood out to me is how much newer architectures are focused on long-context efficiency. As reasoning models and agent workflows…
- REDDIT · 2026-08-19 · 25 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
Comment in r/singularity
- REDDIT · 2026-08-20 · 19 UPVOTESI fine tuned Qwen3 0.6b for better Spanish understanding. Tenorio 0.6b
I fine tuned Qwen3 0.6b for better Spanish understanding. Tenorio 0.6b
- REDDIT · 2026-08-19 · 18 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
Comment in r/singularity
- REDDIT · 2026-04-28 · 17 UPVOTESPoolside AI launches Laguna XS.2 and Laguna M.1
Poolside AI launches Laguna XS.2 and Laguna M.1
- REDDIT · 2026-08-19 · 16 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
Comment in r/singularity
- REDDIT · 2026-08-20 · 10 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
Comment in r/singularity