GPT-4.1 vs Seed-2.0-Mini

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

GPT-4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 65 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4.1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 51.7 against 24.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2024, 26.4 to 64. Seed-2.0-Mini does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for Seed-2.0-Mini. That is roughly 20.0x on output cost alone. GPT-4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Seed-2.0-Mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Seed-2.0-Mini only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

64.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

61
Terminal-Bench 2.0
43
73
BrowseComp
53
63
OSWorld-Verified
45

Coding

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

51.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

54.6
SWE-bench Verified
22
51
SWE-bench Pro
29
Coming soon
HumanEval
55
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
21

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

73.6

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

70
MMMU-Pro
74
78
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

80.9

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

80
LongBench v2
68
82
MRCRv2
72
Coming soon
SimpleQA
59
Coming soon
MuSR
57
Coming soon
BBH
73

Knowledge

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

63.3

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

90.2
MMLU
62
66.3
GPQA
61
61
FrontierScience
54
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
59
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
57
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
62
Coming soon
HLE
1

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

87.4

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

87.4
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

GPT-4.1

69

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

69
MMLU-ProX
70
Coming soon
MGSM
75

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

GPT-4.1

26.4

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

26.4
AIME 2024
64
Coming soon
AIME 2023
62
Coming soon
AIME 2025
63
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
58
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
60
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
59
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
61
Coming soon
MATH-500
70

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 is ahead overall, 65 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 26.4 and 64.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.3 versus 44.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 51.7 versus 24.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 versus 26.4. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 80.9 versus 64.8. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.7 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, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.6 versus 73.1. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87.4 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4.1 or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 69. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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