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Composer 2 vs Mistral Small 4

Cursor
Composer 2
Mistral
Mistral Small 4
Overview
CompanyCursorMistral
Release dateMar 20 2026Mar 16 2026
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Multilingual coding
SWE-Bench Multilingual
73.7%
Agentic coding
CursorBench v3.1
52.2%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
75%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
61.7%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small 4 shipped 4 days before Composer 2

Which is better: Composer 2 or Mistral Small 4?

Composer 2 and Mistral Small 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Small 4 shipped 4 days before Composer 2, 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 and Mistral Small 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Composer 2 was released by Cursor on Mar 20 2026.

Mistral Small 4 was released by Mistral on Mar 16 2026.

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