diff --git a/evals/swe-bench/evaluate_daytona.py b/evals/swe-bench/evaluate_daytona.py
index dce17dfee..0340cc343 100644
--- a/evals/swe-bench/evaluate_daytona.py
+++ b/evals/swe-bench/evaluate_daytona.py
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ def main():
         help="Output directory for eval results",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--max-workers", type=int, default=150,
+        "--max-workers", type=int, default=100,
         help="Max concurrent eval sandboxes (default 100)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ def main():
     setup_logging(args.output_dir)
 
     # --- Preflight: check Daytona capacity --------------------------------
-    preflight_daytona(args.max_workers, sandbox_cpu=2)
+    preflight_daytona(args.max_workers, sandbox_cpu=4)
 
     log.info("=" * 64)
     log.info("SWE-bench Evaluation (Daytona)")
diff --git a/evals/swe-bench/run_eval.py b/evals/swe-bench/run_eval.py
index 16b015141..19125f30d 100644
--- a/evals/swe-bench/run_eval.py
+++ b/evals/swe-bench/run_eval.py
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ def main():
         "--provider", default="anthropic", help="LLM provider",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--max-workers", type=int, default=150,
+        "--max-workers", type=int, default=100,
         help="Max concurrent sandboxes (default 100)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def main():
     setup_logging(args.output_dir)
 
     # --- Preflight: check Daytona capacity --------------------------------
-    preflight_daytona(args.max_workers, sandbox_cpu=2)
+    preflight_daytona(args.max_workers, sandbox_cpu=4)
 
     log.info("=" * 64)
     log.info("SWE-bench Evaluation")