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Composer 1.5 vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Cursor Composer 1.5 vs OpenAI GPT-5.1-Codex-Max — side-by-side specs.

Cursor
Composer 1.5
OpenAI
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
Overview
CompanyCursorOpenAI
Release dateFeb 8 2026Nov 19 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5.1-Codex-Max shipped 81 days before Composer 1.5

Which is better: Composer 1.5 or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

Composer 1.5 and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max shipped 81 days before Composer 1.5, 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 Composer 1.5 released?
Composer 1.5 was released by Cursor on Feb 8 2026.
When was GPT-5.1-Codex-Max released?
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max was released by OpenAI on Nov 19 2025.

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