Cursor vs Copilot vs Claude Code

Top agents now crack 70%+ on SWE-bench Verified — but Cursor's ~$9.9B valuation and Copilot's 20M+ users argue "best" isn't just benchmarks.

The top 3

1. The Benchmark Crown: SWE-bench Verified: One number fuels the arguments: the % of 500 real GitHub issues an agent can fix entirely on its own.
2. The App War: Cursor vs Copilot vs Windsurf: Benchmarks aside, the real scoreboard is revenue, active users, and eye-watering valuations.
3. Autonomous Agents: Can They Ship Alone?: The frontier: agents that don't just autocomplete but plan, code, test, and open the pull request themselves.

Sources

• SWE-bench Leaderboard
• Cursor
• GitHub Copilot

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