| Codex CLI | Cursor Agent | |
|---|---|---|
| arenaElo | 1408 | 1378 |
| humanEval | 95.5 | 91.2 |
| sweBench | 70 | 62 |
| mmlu | 88.6 | 88.7 |
| gpqa | 60.8 | 59.4 |
| aime | 86 | 85 |
| Price in/out ($/M) | $9 / $36 | $0 / $0 |
Codex CLI gives you full-control terminal agents on OpenAI billing; Cursor wraps multiple models in a polished IDE. For CI/CD scripted agents, Codex CLI. For interactive build sessions, Cursor.