Sakana Fugu-Ultra vs SWE-1.7
Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Verdict
Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads for most workloads.
Based on BenchLM composite scores, July 2026.
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
80
SWE-1.7
75
Pick Sakana Fugu-Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. SWE-1.7 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Category Breakdown
| Benchmark | Sakana Fugu-Ultra | Δ | SWE-1.7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 82.1 | ← 0.6 | 81.5 |
| Coding | 69.6 | — | — |
| Reasoning | 93.6 | — | — |
| Knowledge | 95.5 | — | — |
| Multimodal | 86.6 | — | — |
Operational Comparison
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Quick Verdict
Pick Sakana Fugu-Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. SWE-1.7 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Sakana Fugu-Ultra is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 80 to 75. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Sakana Fugu-Ultra's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 82.1 against 81.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 82.1% to 81.5%.
Sakana Fugu-Ultra gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for SWE-1.7.
Benchmark Deep Dive
Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Which is better, Sakana Fugu-Ultra or SWE-1.7?
Sakana Fugu-Ultra is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 75. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 82.1% and 81.5%.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Sakana Fugu-Ultra or SWE-1.7?
Sakana Fugu-Ultra has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.1 versus 81.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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