Seed-2.0-Lite vs Gemma 3 27B

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

Seed-2.0-Lite is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 63 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Seed-2.0-Lite's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 79.6 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 39.

Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 3 27B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

Gemma 3 27B

34.4

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
29
63
BrowseComp
42
53
OSWorld-Verified
35

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Gemma 3 27B

16

63
HumanEval
37
45
SWE-bench Verified
16
37
LiveCodeBench
15
45
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Gemma 3 27B

41.7

80
MMMU-Pro
39
79
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Gemma 3 27B

45.6

68
SimpleQA
43
66
MuSR
41
85
BBH
62
76
LongBench v2
47
77
MRCRv2
44

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Gemma 3 27B

34.6

71
MMLU
45
70
GPQA
44
68
SuperGPQA
42
66
OpenBookQA
40
73
MMLU-Pro
50
7
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
42

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Gemma 3 27B

67

89
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Gemma 3 27B

61.4

87
MGSM
64
80
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Gemma 3 27B

49.4

71
AIME 2023
45
73
AIME 2024
47
72
AIME 2025
46
67
HMMT Feb 2023
41
69
HMMT Feb 2024
43
68
HMMT Feb 2025
42
70
BRUMO 2025
44
81
MATH-500
56

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 34.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 16. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 49.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 45.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 34.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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