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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor

GitHub CopilotGIGitHub CopilotvsCursorCUCursor
GitHub CopilotCursor
22%
78%

Leading: Cursor (77.8%)

Statistics

MetricValue
GitHub Copilot wins443
Cursor wins1555
Abstains (no tool)963
Other tool chosen1028
Decisive cases1998
GitHub Copilot win rate (unweighted)22.2%
95% CI20.4% - 24.0%
GitHub Copilot win rate (weighted)22.2%

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Model range breakdown

Model rangeTierGitHub CopilotCursorNoneOtherA rate
DeepSeek Flash 3.2–4.1Mid1185674511%
DeepSeek Pro 4–4 0813Frontier942131718%
DeepSeek R1Frontier2817411097%
DevstralMid2414707963%
Gemini Flash 2.5–3.8Small2258755128%
Gemini Pro 2.5–3.1 PreviewFrontier12442222075%
GLM 5 Turbo–5.3Frontier0204440%
GPT 5.4–6 AstraFrontier514437233%
GPT Coding 5.3 Codex–6.1 SolFrontier2714429916%
GPT Mini 5.4 Mini–6 LunaMid31559442%
HaikuSmall03191760%
Kimi 2.5–3Frontier22100591718%
Llama MaverickFrontier10257510029%
Llama ScoutSmall10205834100%
MiMo Pro 2–2.6Frontier2650439434%
MiniMax M 2.7–3Frontier16122294212%
Mistral SmallMid46477426%
Opus 4.6–5.5Frontier013129530%
Qwen CoderMid10192515634%
Sonnet 4.6–5.5Frontier012477120%

Per-prompt breakdown

PromptTierGitHub CopilotCursorNoneOtherA rate
ai-revenue-ops-copilotIntermediate131285215931%
ai-support-agent-platformAdvanced53272125316%
ai-revenue-ops-copilotAdvanced29258826210%
ai-revenue-ops-copilotBeginner4613930710025%
ai-engineering-workflowBeginner341390020%
ai-support-agent-platformIntermediate5711127714734%
ai-engineering-workflowIntermediate261380716%
ai-support-agent-platformBeginner361173677524%
ai-engineering-workflowAdvanced319612524%