Seed-2.0-Lite vs Kimi K2

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 34. 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 39.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 35.

Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2 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

Kimi K2

29.3

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
27
63
BrowseComp
36
53
OSWorld-Verified
27

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Kimi K2

12.8

63
HumanEval
24
45
SWE-bench Verified
15
37
LiveCodeBench
12
45
SWE-bench Pro
13

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Kimi K2

39.5

80
MMMU-Pro
35
79
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Kimi K2

40.9

68
SimpleQA
30
66
MuSR
28
85
BBH
61
76
LongBench v2
47
77
MRCRv2
50

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Kimi K2

29.3

71
MMLU
32
70
GPQA
31
68
SuperGPQA
29
66
OpenBookQA
27
73
MMLU-Pro
51
7
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Kimi K2

67

89
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Kimi K2

59.7

87
MGSM
61
80
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Kimi K2

42.7

71
AIME 2023
32
73
AIME 2024
34
72
AIME 2025
33
67
HMMT Feb 2023
28
69
HMMT Feb 2024
30
68
HMMT Feb 2025
29
70
BRUMO 2025
31
81
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 34. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 35.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 29.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 12.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 42.7. 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 Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 40.9. 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 Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 29.3. 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 Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 39.5. 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 Kimi K2?

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 Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 59.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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