| Cursor Agent | Claude Opus 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| arenaElo | 1378 | 1420 |
| humanEval | 91.2 | 93.1 |
| sweBench | 62 | 64.3 |
| mmlu | 88.7 | 92.3 |
| gpqa | 59.4 | 65.2 |
| aime | 85 | 88 |
| Price in/out ($/M) | $0 / $0 | $15 / $75 |
Cursor gives you a polished IDE that already runs Opus 4.7 under the hood. Calling the Opus 4.7 API directly is cheaper and more flexible but requires your own harness. For everyday coding, Cursor wins on time-to-value.