Seed-2.0-Lite vs Grok 3 [Beta]

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 38. 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 multimodal & grounded, where it averages 79.6 against 43.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 40.

Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Grok 3 [Beta].

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 [Beta] 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

Grok 3 [Beta]

35.7

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
32
63
BrowseComp
41
53
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Grok 3 [Beta]

16.3

63
HumanEval
34
45
SWE-bench Verified
19
37
LiveCodeBench
11
45
SWE-bench Pro
21

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Grok 3 [Beta]

43.2

80
MMMU-Pro
40
79
OfficeQA Pro
47

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Grok 3 [Beta]

47.4

68
SimpleQA
40
66
MuSR
38
85
BBH
62
76
LongBench v2
53
77
MRCRv2
52

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Grok 3 [Beta]

34

71
MMLU
42
70
GPQA
41
68
SuperGPQA
39
66
OpenBookQA
37
73
MMLU-Pro
53
7
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
40

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Grok 3 [Beta]

67

89
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Grok 3 [Beta]

58.7

87
MGSM
60
80
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Grok 3 [Beta]

49.1

71
AIME 2023
42
73
AIME 2024
44
72
AIME 2025
43
67
HMMT Feb 2023
38
69
HMMT Feb 2024
40
68
HMMT Feb 2025
39
70
BRUMO 2025
41
81
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 40.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 34. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 16.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 49.1. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 47.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 35.7. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 43.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Lite or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 67. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 58.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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