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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor

GitHub CopilotGIGitHub CopilotvsCursorCUCursor
GitHub CopilotCursor
23%
77%

Leading: Cursor (76.7%)

Statistics

MetricValue
GitHub Copilot wins409
Cursor wins1350
Abstains (no tool)875
Other tool chosen886
Decisive cases1759
GitHub Copilot win rate (unweighted)23.3%
95% CI21.3% - 25.3%
GitHub Copilot win rate (weighted)23.3%

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Per-model breakdown

ModelTierGitHub CopilotCursorNoneOtherA rate
GPT 5.3 CodexFrontier2713226017%
GPT 5.4 MiniMid11457341%
Gemini 2.5 ProFrontier12024211983%
GLM 5 TurboFrontier0124200%
Claude Sonnet 4.6Frontier01157400%
Llama 4 ScoutSmall9305130100%
GPT 5.4Frontier0833090%
Claude Opus 4.6Frontier07019370%
MiniMax M2.7Frontier1551233423%
GLM 5.2Frontier062010%
Kimi K2.5Frontier5545048%
Kimi K2.7 CodeFrontier17376231%
DeepSeek V3.2Mid05450200%
GPT 5.5Frontier548379%
MiniMax M3Frontier053460%
Mistral Small 4Mid15169412%
Claude Opus 4.8Frontier047970%
MiMo V2.5 ProFrontier113513424%
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmall0441020%
DeepSeek V4 ProFrontier830111421%
DeepSeek V4 FlashMid1121141434%
Llama 4 MaverickFrontier819669430%
Devstral 2 2512Mid215637581%
DeepSeek R1 0528Frontier231669596%
Qwen3 Coder NextMid8162114133%
Gemini 2.5 FlashSmall212564791%
Claude Haiku 4.5Small02382700%
MiMo V2 ProFrontier144297978%

Per-prompt breakdown

PromptTierGitHub CopilotCursorNoneOtherA rate
ai-revenue-ops-copilotIntermediate125256213533%
ai-support-agent-platformAdvanced49253121816%
ai-revenue-ops-copilotAdvanced28238723111%
ai-revenue-ops-copilotBeginner441202808927%
ai-support-agent-platformIntermediate559524913437%
ai-support-agent-platformBeginner351043366125%
ai-engineering-workflowBeginner271060020%
ai-engineering-workflowIntermediate221040617%
ai-engineering-workflowAdvanced247401224%