Composer 2.5 vs Devstral Small
Cursor Composer 2.5 | Mistral Devstral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Cursor | Mistral |
| Release date | May 18 2026 | May 21 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 24B |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding SWE-Bench ProCan the AI fix real bugs in real software? It's handed actual problems from open-source projects and has to write code that genuinely solves them. Higher is better. | 54% | — |
Multilingual coding SWE-Bench MultilingualLike SWE-Bench, but the coding problems span many programming languages, not just one. Tests how broadly the AI can code. Higher is better. | 79.8% | — |
Agentic coding CursorBench v3.1Cursor's own test of harder, real-world coding tasks inside a code editor. Higher is better. | 63.2% | — |
Agentic coding DeepSWE 1.0Artificial Analysis' independent test of deep, agentic software-engineering work — the AI has to plan and carry out substantial coding tasks end to end. Higher is better. | 18% | — |
Next.js coding Next.js EvalsVercel's open eval of how well AI coding agents build and migrate real Next.js apps — measured as the share of tasks the agent completes successfully. Higher is better. | 92% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.1Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? Higher is better. | 73% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.0Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? (Version 2.0 of the test.) Higher is better. | 69.3% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Devstral Small shipped 362 days before Composer 2.5 | |
Which is better: Composer 2.5 or Devstral Small?
Composer 2.5 and Devstral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Devstral Small shipped 362 days before Composer 2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Composer 2.5 is proprietary, while Devstral Small is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Composer 2.5 and Devstral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Composer 2.5 was released by Cursor on May 18 2026.
Devstral Small was released by Mistral on May 21 2025.
Composer 2.5 is a proprietary model released by Cursor. Devstral Small is an open weight model released by Mistral.
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