GPT-5 (high) vs Seed-2.0-Mini

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

GPT-5 (high) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 79 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5 (high)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 66.1 against 24.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 67 to 22.

GPT-5 (high) is the reasoning model in the pair, while Seed-2.0-Mini 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. Seed-2.0-Mini gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for GPT-5 (high).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5 (high) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Seed-2.0-Mini only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 256K context window or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

75.2

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

78
Terminal-Bench 2.0
43
75
BrowseComp
53
72
OSWorld-Verified
45

Coding

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

66.1

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

85
HumanEval
55
67
SWE-bench Verified
22
62
LiveCodeBench
21
70
SWE-bench Pro
29

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

89.4

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

93
MMMU-Pro
74
85
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

85.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

89
SimpleQA
59
87
MuSR
57
94
BBH
73
83
LongBench v2
68
80
MRCRv2
72

Knowledge

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

71.1

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

93
MMLU
62
91
GPQA
61
89
SuperGPQA
59
87
OpenBookQA
57
83
MMLU-Pro
62
27
HLE
1
83
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

91

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

91
IFEval
80

Multilingual

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

86.4

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

89
MGSM
75
85
MMLU-ProX
70

Mathematics

GPT-5 (high)

GPT-5 (high)

94

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

95
AIME 2023
62
97
AIME 2024
64
96
AIME 2025
63
91
HMMT Feb 2023
58
93
HMMT Feb 2024
60
92
HMMT Feb 2025
59
94
BRUMO 2025
61
94
MATH-500
70

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) is ahead overall, 79 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 67 and 22.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.1 versus 44.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 66.1 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-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 94 versus 65.1. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 85.7 versus 64.8. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.2 versus 46.2. 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 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 89.4 versus 73.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5 (high) or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 86.4 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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