Introducing Arena Mode in Windsurf: One prompt. Two models. Your vote.
Benchmarks don't reflect real-world coding quality. The best model for you depends on your codebase and stack. So we made real-world coding the benchmark.
Free for the next week. May the best model win.
Devin Desktop on X: "Introducing Arena Mode in Windsurf: One prompt. Two models. Your vote. Benchmarks don't reflect real-world coding quality. The best model for you depends on your codebase and stack. So we made real-world coding the benchmark. Free for the next week. May the best model win."
You can use Arena Mode by choosing up to five models or through Battle Groups. With Battle Groups, two models will be randomly selected each turn. To celebrate the launch, Battle Groups will consume 0x credits for the next week (for trial and paid users)! To start using ArenaArena Mode is part of Wave 14! We've also added Plan Mode to Cascade. Check out the blog post for more details: windsurf.com/blog/windsurf-…May the best model win!Introducing Arena Mode in Windsurf: One prompt. Two models. Your vote. Benchmarks don't reflect real-world coding quality. The best model for you depends on your codebase and stack. So we made real-world coding the benchmark. Free for the next week. May the best model win.There's a lot of buzz around Kimi K2.5 and Opus 4.5. Kimi K2.5 is now in Windsurf and Frontier Arena!Kimi K2.5 is live in Windsurf! And, it's one of the models available in Arena Mode's Frontier Arena. Let's see if it lives up to the hype! 0x credits for paid users (limited time).How to use Plan Mode:We've also added Plan Mode! It's fully compatible with Arena Mode so you can find your favorite model for planning. Pro tip: type "megaplan" in the chatbox for an extra-thorough interactive planning experience.
This is fantastic and looks like a direct follow-up to our work on Copilot Arena (an in IDE Arena) from ICML 2025. Really excited to see this line of work with professional support. Check it out and hope it helps!
