Seed-2.0-Lite vs GPT-4o

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 56. 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 coding, where it averages 41.4 against 32.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 45 to 20.

GPT-4o is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens for Seed-2.0-Lite. That is roughly 5.0x on output cost alone. Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for GPT-4o.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o 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

GPT-4o

51.2

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
49
63
BrowseComp
59
53
OSWorld-Verified
48

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

GPT-4o

32.2

63
HumanEval
58
45
SWE-bench Verified
20
37
LiveCodeBench
38
45
SWE-bench Pro
29

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

GPT-4o

72.2

80
MMMU-Pro
74
79
OfficeQA Pro
70

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

GPT-4o

64.6

68
SimpleQA
64
66
MuSR
62
85
BBH
82
76
LongBench v2
62
77
MRCRv2
63

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

GPT-4o

47.4

71
MMLU
66
70
GPQA
66
68
SuperGPQA
64
66
OpenBookQA
62
73
MMLU-Pro
64
7
HLE
1
66
FrontierScience
58

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

GPT-4o

82

89
IFEval
82

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

GPT-4o

75.5

87
MGSM
82
80
MMLU-ProX
72

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

GPT-4o

71.8

71
AIME 2023
66
73
AIME 2024
68
72
AIME 2025
67
67
HMMT Feb 2023
62
69
HMMT Feb 2024
64
68
HMMT Feb 2025
63
70
BRUMO 2025
65
81
MATH-500
80

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 45 and 20.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 47.4. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 32.2. 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 GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 71.8. 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 GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 64.6. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 51.2. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 72.2. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 82. 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 GPT-4o?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 75.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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