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Cursor's New Coding Model Just Changed Everything

2026-06-02 Education
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Deploy your site using here.now completely for free, copy the prompt for your agent here! https://here.now/r/twt I accidentally discovered Cursor's new Composer 2.5 model mid-project — and it was completing tasks 3–4x faster than Opus 4.7 with results that were just as good, if not better. I had no idea it had even switched. So I ran a proper head-to-head test: Composer 2.5 vs Opus 4.7 vs GPT 5.5 — all given the exact same prompt inside Cursor. The results surprised me. Want to make real money with coding? I share high-signal insights on careers, monetization, and leverage in my free newsletter. Join here and get my guide How to Make Money With Coding instantly: https://techwithtim.net/newsletter 🚀 Tools I Use Get 10% off with code techwithtim Openclaw setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim VPS setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim10 Wispr Flow (Best AI Dictation): https://ref.wisprflow.ai/techwithtim ⏳ Timestamps ⏳ 00:00 | My Experience with Composer 01:10 | What is Composer 2.5 02:28 | Composer 2.5 Benchmarks & Stats 04:30 | Understanding Agent Harnesses 08:36 | Here.now 10:35 | Live Demo - Composer vs Opus 4.7 16:27 | Live Demo - Composer vs GPT 5.5 Hashtags #CursorAI #AIComposer #CodingAgent UAE Media License Number: 3635141

Top Comments (10)

@Sibtainali-k5e 2026-06-02

BTW ,Thanks for the free python courses,they were too helpful.

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@jamessullenriot 2026-06-02

I love composer and have been using it more. Been doing this for months - Use higher end model to discuss / plan. Use Composer 2 or 2.5 now to find and suggest code changes if they weren't directly called out in the plan, then ..... implement the code changes myself. Yes, even if I'm copy/pasting. For a while I got caught in the trap of just depending too much on the AI and I got really burned out and didn't understand what was going on. This method lets me better understand, feel more productive, and is cheaper because I'm not using high end models for everything

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@EVSheep-h3i 2026-06-03

Harness doing the heavy lifting. Fits the pattern - diminishing returns on scale, real gains from orchestration and context management. We've been oversold on parameter count as a proxy for capability.

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@blazenetic 2026-06-02

The Plan > Build > Run in Parallel on Cursor is epic for me. Gotta hit that dropdown arrow on 'Build' button, that's the only trick, rest is default and yeah, awesome. I even get it to make plans around having the subagents in parallel now.

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@seaninfrared 2026-06-03

Is it just me or have they removed the native extensions/plugin for Claude code within Cursor? I can only run it through the terminal within Cursor. Am I doing something wrong?

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@KumR 2026-06-02

can composer only be accessed inside of cursor? i’m already using VS code and pretty comfortable using that and many of my things are working properly. Is there a way I can integrate composer into VS code?

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@Arri11 2026-06-02

Composer 2.5's been great, mainly tried out as the token usage via Opus 4.8 was just not manageable.

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@julian0095 2026-06-02

How high was the usage for the projects in the end?

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@wenterinfaer1656 2026-06-03

Cursor just crushed Claude Code? Not bad for a Claude fork

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@chrisdonnell2575 2026-06-02

I think it all DEPENDS on what you're doing! Are you trying to improve a 100k C++ financial application.

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