Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Seed-2.0-Mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 67 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 2.5 Pro's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 83.5 against 65.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 45 to 22.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for Seed-2.0-Mini. That is roughly 12.5x on output cost alone. Gemini 2.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Seed-2.0-Mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Seed-2.0-Mini only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

61.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

61
Terminal-Bench 2.0
43
72
BrowseComp
53
55
OSWorld-Verified
45

Coding

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

41

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

75
HumanEval
55
45
SWE-bench Verified
22
37
LiveCodeBench
21
44
SWE-bench Pro
29

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

85.1

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

86
MMMU-Pro
74
84
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

80.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

81
SimpleQA
59
79
MuSR
57
81
BBH
73
80
LongBench v2
68
83
MRCRv2
72

Knowledge

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

58.4

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

83
MMLU
62
83
GPQA
61
81
SuperGPQA
59
79
OpenBookQA
57
76
MMLU-Pro
62
3
HLE
1
70
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

83
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

82.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

84
MGSM
75
82
MMLU-ProX
70

Mathematics

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83.5

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

84
AIME 2023
62
86
AIME 2024
64
85
AIME 2025
63
80
HMMT Feb 2023
58
82
HMMT Feb 2024
60
81
HMMT Feb 2025
59
83
BRUMO 2025
61
84
MATH-500
70

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is ahead overall, 67 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 45 and 22.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.4 versus 44.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 24.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 83.5 versus 65.1. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 80.7 versus 64.8. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.7 versus 46.2. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.1 versus 73.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.7 versus 71.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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