Terminal-Bench 2.1
About
Terminal-Bench 2.1 is an agentic terminal coding benchmark measuring model performance on complex terminal-based programming tasks requiring multi-step reasoning and tool use. An updated version of Terminal-Bench 2.0.
How to read this benchmark
This benchmark uses a scoring system where higher is better. Scores are useful for directional filtering and model shortlisting, not for universal quality ranking.
Interpretation checklist: prefer benchmarks that are closest to your workload style, then validate against the linked model pages for pricing, context window, and provider availability.
Trust when:
- There is a fresh timestamped snapshot (or multiple snapshots) for this benchmark.
- Model list covers the same version family you can actually deploy today.
- Top candidates overlap with your required routing and feature requirements.
Don't trust when:
- There is only one benchmark snapshot or the dataset appears stale.
- Benchmark metric direction is opposite of your decision objective.
- The score difference between options is narrow and likely within implementation variance.
Current modeled score band for tracked entries is roughly 74.6 – 74.6.
Window
May 28
single timestamp
Mean delta
No trend
need another snapshot
Coverage
1
models in latest snapshot
Leaderboard preview (top 5)
- 1. Claude Opus 4.874.6