GPT-5.4 vs Seed-2.0-Lite

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

GPT-5.4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 63. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.5 against 41.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 84 to 37.

GPT-5.4 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens for Seed-2.0-Lite. That is roughly 7.5x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Seed-2.0-Lite is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 256K for Seed-2.0-Lite.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Seed-2.0-Lite only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

87.8

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
52
88
BrowseComp
63
85
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

84.5

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

95
HumanEval
63
84
SWE-bench Verified
45
84
LiveCodeBench
37
85
SWE-bench Pro
45

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

95.5

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

95
MMMU-Pro
80
96
OfficeQA Pro
79

Reasoning

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

95.8

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

97
SimpleQA
68
94
MuSR
66
97
BBH
85
95
LongBench v2
76
97
MRCRv2
77

Knowledge

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

82.6

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

99
MMLU
71
98
GPQA
70
96
SuperGPQA
68
94
OpenBookQA
66
93
MMLU-Pro
73
48
HLE
7
91
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

96

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

96
IFEval
89

Multilingual

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

94.7

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

96
MGSM
87
94
MMLU-ProX
80

Mathematics

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

98.2

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

99
AIME 2023
71
99
AIME 2024
73
99
AIME 2025
72
96
HMMT Feb 2023
67
98
HMMT Feb 2024
69
97
HMMT Feb 2025
68
97
BRUMO 2025
70
99
MATH-500
81

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall, 90 to 63. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 84 and 37.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 53.9. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 41.4. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 75. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.8 versus 73. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.8 versus 55.1. 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, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95.5 versus 79.6. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 89. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.7 versus 82.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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