Seed-2.0-Lite vs GPT-5 nano

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 45. 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 multilingual, where it averages 82.5 against 48. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU-ProX, 80 to 48. GPT-5 nano does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Seed-2.0-Lite is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.05 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5 nano. That is roughly 5.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5 nano 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 nano gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 256K for Seed-2.0-Lite.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 nano only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

GPT-5 nano

37.7

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
38
63
BrowseComp
48
53
OSWorld-Verified
30

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

GPT-5 nano

22

63
HumanEval
Coming soon
45
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
37
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
45
SWE-bench Pro
22

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

GPT-5 nano

56.7

80
MMMU-Pro
58
79
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

GPT-5 nano

58.8

68
SimpleQA
Coming soon
66
MuSR
Coming soon
85
BBH
Coming soon
76
LongBench v2
57
77
MRCRv2
61

Knowledge

GPT-5 nano

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

GPT-5 nano

63.7

71
MMLU
Coming soon
70
GPQA
71.2
68
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
66
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
73
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
7
HLE
Coming soon
66
FrontierScience
58

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

89
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

GPT-5 nano

48

87
MGSM
Coming soon
80
MMLU-ProX
48

Mathematics

GPT-5 nano

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

GPT-5 nano

85.2

71
AIME 2023
Coming soon
73
AIME 2024
Coming soon
72
AIME 2025
85.2
67
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
69
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
68
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
70
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
81
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-5 nano?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU-ProX, where the scores are 80 and 48.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5 nano has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.7 versus 53.9. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-5 nano?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 22. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5 nano has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 85.2 versus 75. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-5 nano?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 58.8. 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-5 nano?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 37.7. 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-5 nano?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 56.7. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or GPT-5 nano?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 48. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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