GPT-5 mini vs Seed-2.0-Mini

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

GPT-5 mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 69 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5 mini's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 87.2 against 65.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2023, 90 to 62.

GPT-5 mini 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 mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5 mini 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 mini

GPT-5 mini

65.7

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

68
Terminal-Bench 2.0
43
70
BrowseComp
53
60
OSWorld-Verified
45

Coding

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

42.8

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

80
HumanEval
55
41
SWE-bench Verified
22
37
LiveCodeBench
21
49
SWE-bench Pro
29

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

83.8

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

86
MMMU-Pro
74
81
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

81.8

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

84
SimpleQA
59
82
MuSR
57
87
BBH
73
80
LongBench v2
68
79
MRCRv2
72

Knowledge

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

62.8

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

88
MMLU
62
86
GPQA
61
84
SuperGPQA
59
82
OpenBookQA
57
73
MMLU-Pro
62
16
HLE
1
75
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

82

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

82
IFEval
80

Multilingual

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

80.1

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

82
MGSM
75
79
MMLU-ProX
70

Mathematics

GPT-5 mini

GPT-5 mini

87.2

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

90
AIME 2023
62
92
AIME 2024
64
91
AIME 2025
63
86
HMMT Feb 2023
58
88
HMMT Feb 2024
60
87
HMMT Feb 2025
59
89
BRUMO 2025
61
85
MATH-500
70

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini is ahead overall, 69 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2023, where the scores are 90 and 62.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 62.8 versus 44.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42.8 versus 24.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 87.2 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 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 81.8 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 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.7 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 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 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 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5 mini or Seed-2.0-Mini?

GPT-5 mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.1 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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