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SWE-1.7 Lightning

Only from the makerNot on OpenRouterAvailable nowGenerally availableClosed (can't be downloaded)Proprietary

SWE-1.7 Lightning is made by Cognition. We don't have enough test results yet to rank it.

Cognition/Windsurf in-house coding model; seen on Terminal-Bench 3.0 (Devin harness). Not on OpenRouter.

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Test resultsResults: 1 (1 independent1 indep.)
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Made byVendor: Cognition
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Terminal-Bench 3.0	18.6%	Default	Independent testIndependentSnorkel AI / Terminal-Bench ↗	1 Oct 2026	Devin	TB 3.0 v0.1 (74 tasks); superseded by TB 4.0; tokens 3.6B, run cost $7.2k