# SWE-2 vs SWE-2 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for SWE-2 and SWE-2 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/swe-2-vs-swe-2-flash
- Last updated: November 5, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision: use the category and benchmark breakdown to decide which profile better matches your workload.

## Summary

- SWE-2 and SWE-2 Flash are tied on overall score, so the decision depends on category fit rather than the headline number.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSWE in Coding, with scores of 73.0% and 60.1%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | SWE-2 | SWE-2 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Cognition | Cognition |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- SWE-2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | SWE-2 | SWE-2 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 92.8% | 89.2% | SWE-2 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 27.30% | 20.00% | SWE-2 |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- SWE-2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | SWE-2 | SWE-2 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 50.0% | 45.5% | SWE-2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 92.8% | 89.2% | SWE-2 |
| DeepSWE | 73.0% | 60.1% | SWE-2 |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 23.8% | 24.0% | SWE-2 Flash |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, SWE-2 or SWE-2 Flash?

SWE-2 and SWE-2 Flash are tied on overall score in the current BenchLM data.

### How many benchmarks does SWE-2 cover on BenchLM?

SWE-2 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does SWE-2 Flash cover on BenchLM?

SWE-2 Flash currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [SWE-2 vs SWE-1.7](/compare/swe-1-7-vs-swe-2)
- [SWE-2 Flash vs SWE-1.7](/compare/swe-1-7-vs-swe-2-flash)
- [SWE-2 vs Gemini 4 Carbon](/compare/gemini-4-carbon-vs-swe-2)
- [SWE-2 Flash vs Gemini 4 Carbon](/compare/gemini-4-carbon-vs-swe-2-flash)

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