Composer 2 vs GPT-5.4 nano

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Composer 2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 62 to 49. 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.

Quick Verdict

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

Composer 2

Composer 2

61.7

GPT-5.4 nano

42.9

61.7%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
46.3%
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OSWorld-Verified
39%
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MCP Atlas
56.1%
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Toolathlon
35.5%
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tau2-bench
92.5%

Coding

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73.7%
SWE Multilingual
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97.2%
React Native Evals
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SWE-bench Pro
52.4%

Multimodal & Grounded

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MMMU-Pro
66.1%
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MMMU-Pro w/ Python
69.5%
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OmniDocBench 1.5
0.2419

Reasoning

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MRCRv2
38.7%
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MRCR v2 64K-128K
44.2%
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MRCR v2 128K-256K
33.1%
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Graphwalks BFS 128K
73.4%
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Graphwalks Parents 128K
50.8%

Knowledge

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GPQA
82.8%
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HLE
37.7%
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HLE w/o tools
24.3%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Composer 2 or GPT-5.4 nano?

Composer 2 is ahead overall, 62 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 61.7% and 46.3%.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Composer 2 or GPT-5.4 nano?

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.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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