Composer 2.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra
Cursor Composer 2.5 | OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Cursor | OpenAI |
| Release date | May 18 2026 | Jun 26 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
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 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 | Composer 2.5 shipped 39 days before GPT-5.6 Terra | |
Which is better: Composer 2.5 or GPT-5.6 Terra?
Composer 2.5 and GPT-5.6 Terra don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Composer 2.5 shipped 39 days before GPT-5.6 Terra, 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 — Composer 2.5 and GPT-5.6 Terra don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Composer 2.5 was released by Cursor on May 18 2026.
GPT-5.6 Terra was released by OpenAI on Jun 26 2026.
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