Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Composer 2
73
GPT-5.4 nano
61
Pick Composer 2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 nano only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 400K context window.
Agentic
+18.8 difference
Composer 2
GPT-5.4 nano
$0.5 / $2.5
$0.2 / $1.25
N/A
191 t/s
N/A
3.64s
200K
400K
Pick Composer 2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 nano only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 400K context window.
Composer 2 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 73 to 61. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Composer 2's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 61.7 against 42.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 61.7% to 46.3%.
Composer 2 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.20 input / $1.25 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.4 nano. That is roughly 2.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 nano gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 200K for Composer 2.
Composer 2 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 73 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 61.7% and 46.3%.
Composer 2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.7 versus 42.9. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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