Composer 2.5 vs GLM-5
Cursor Composer 2.5 | Z.ai GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Cursor | Z.ai |
| Release date | May 18 2026 | Feb 12 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 744B |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 77.8% |
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%Best | 73.3% |
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%Best | 56.2% |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 75.9% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 50.4% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 86% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | GLM-5 shipped 95 days before Composer 2.5 | |
Which is better: Composer 2.5 or GLM-5?
Composer 2.5 leads GLM-5 on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Multilingual, Terminal-Bench 2.0). GLM-5 shipped 95 days before Composer 2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Composer 2.5 is proprietary, while GLM-5 is open weight.
On SWE-Bench Multilingual, Composer 2.5 leads at 79.8% vs GLM-5 at 73.3%. On Terminal-Bench 2.0, Composer 2.5 leads at 69.3% vs GLM-5 at 56.2%.
Frequently asked questions
Composer 2.5 was released by Cursor on May 18 2026.
GLM-5 was released by Z.ai on Feb 12 2026.
Composer 2.5 leads on SWE-Bench Multilingual — Composer 2.5 79.8% vs GLM-5 73.3%.
Composer 2.5 is a proprietary model released by Cursor. GLM-5 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.