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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Composer

3 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Cursor
Composer
Overview
CompanyAnthropicCursor
Release dateSep 29 2025Oct 29 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Sonnet 4.5 shipped 30 days before Composer

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Composer?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads Composer on 3 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Sonnet 4.5 shipped 30 days before Composer, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.5 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.
When was Composer released?
Composer was released by Cursor on Oct 29 2025.

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