SWE-2

SWE-2

Cognition
SWE-2 Flash

SWE-2 Flash

Cognition
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About

SWE-2 is Cognition’s advanced coding model designed to improve software engineering performance while reducing the cost of agentic coding workflows. The model is post-trained from Kimi K3 and uses reinforcement learning to optimize multiple reasoning-effort levels within a single training run. SWE-2 is designed to explore codebases more selectively, begin implementation sooner, and complete tasks with fewer redundant reads and reasoning steps than earlier Cognition models. Its capabilities include code generation, debugging, test creation, verification, repository analysis, and complex terminal-based software engineering tasks. The model also emphasizes stronger engineering judgment, end-to-end test coverage, instruction following, and evidence-based verification of user assumptions. SWE-2 is available through Devin Desktop and Devin CLI, with broader rollout planned across Devin Web and Fusion.

About

SWE-2 Flash is an AI coding model developed by Cognition to provide fast, cost-efficient software engineering capabilities for autonomous development agents. Built on Thinking Machines' Inkling-Small foundation model, it uses mid-training and reinforcement learning to improve coding performance, reasoning, and task execution. The model supports software development activities such as code generation, code reviews, feature development, documentation updates, and automated engineering workflows. SWE-2 Flash generates approximately 200 tokens per second, making it three times faster and five times less expensive than the larger SWE-2 model. Its 276-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts architecture activates approximately 12 billion parameters during inference to balance performance and computational efficiency. SWE-2 Flash is available through Devin Desktop and CLI, with Cognition also developing a secure model-weight sharing program for trusted research and enterprise partners.

Platforms Supported

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Cloud Supported
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Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
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Linux Not Supported
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iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Software developers, engineering teams, AI coding agent users, DevOps professionals, and organizations that need capable agentic software engineering with lower execution cost and more efficient reasoning

Audience

Software developers, AI coding assistant users, software engineering teams, DevOps professionals, autonomous agent developers, AI researchers, enterprise development organizations, and cybersecurity researchers seeking fast, cost-efficient AI coding, automated code reviews, feature implementation, software maintenance, technical reasoning, and agentic development workflows

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
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Online Supported

Support

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Online Supported

API

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API

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Screenshots and Videos

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Pricing

$20/month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$20/month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • The biggest thing that stands out is the cost-performance balance. SWE-2 is not just trying to top one benchmark; it is trying to get very close to frontier coding performance at a much lower cost. For developers, that matters a lot. Coding agents can burn through tokens quickly when they are reading files, making edits, running tests, and iterating. A model that performs near the top while being meaningfully cheaper is much easier to use every day. I also like that SWE-2 seems built for real software engineering workflows, not just isolated code snippets. The strong DeepSWE and Terminal-Bench results make it especially interesting for repo-level tasks, debugging, tool use, and longer agent runs.

Cons

  • Benchmarks are useful, but real projects bring messy architecture, flaky tests, undocumented behavior, and weird edge cases.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • This is the kind of model I would use all day for normal engineering work. It is fast enough that it does not feel like I am waiting on the model, but it is still strong enough for feature work, code review, docs, automations, and debugging. The speed is probably the biggest win. Cognition says it runs at around 200 tokens per second versus about 60 for SWE-2, and that difference matters a lot once an agent starts iterating through files and tools. The cost-performance balance is also really good. It is one-fifth the price of SWE-2, while scoring 45.5 on FrontierCode 1.1 Main, 60.1 on DeepSWE 1.1, and 89.9 on SWE-Bench Pro v2 Hard.

Cons

  • My main complaint is that it is not the model I would choose for the hardest repo-wide work. SWE-2 still has a noticeable edge on some tougher benchmarks, so I would move up when the task really needs it.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
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Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
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Company Information

Cognition
Founded: 2023
United States
cognition.com

Company Information

Cognition
Founded: 2023
United States
cognition.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI
GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI
SWE-1.7

SWE-1.7

Cognition
Inkling

Inkling

Thinking Machines Lab
SWE-2 Flash

SWE-2 Flash

Cognition

Categories

AI Coding Models Supported
AI Models Supported

Categories

AI Coding Models Supported
AI Models Supported

Integrations

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Integrations

.NET Supported
C Supported
C# Supported
C++ Supported
CSS Supported
Dart Supported
Devin Desktop Supported
HTML Supported
JSON Supported
JavaScript Supported
Kotlin Supported
Kubernetes Supported
Lua Supported
MATLAB Supported
R Supported
Rust Supported
Scala Supported
Terraform Supported
TypeScript Supported
XML Supported
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