Seed-2.0-Mini vs Kimi K2

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

Seed-2.0-Mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 53 to 34. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Seed-2.0-Mini's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 73.1 against 39.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 35.

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

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Mini 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-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

Kimi K2

29.3

43
Terminal-Bench 2.0
27
53
BrowseComp
36
45
OSWorld-Verified
27

Coding

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

Kimi K2

12.8

55
HumanEval
24
22
SWE-bench Verified
15
21
LiveCodeBench
12
29
SWE-bench Pro
13

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

Kimi K2

39.5

74
MMMU-Pro
35
72
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

Kimi K2

40.9

59
SimpleQA
30
57
MuSR
28
73
BBH
61
68
LongBench v2
47
72
MRCRv2
50

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

Kimi K2

29.3

62
MMLU
32
61
GPQA
31
59
SuperGPQA
29
57
OpenBookQA
27
62
MMLU-Pro
51
1
HLE
3
54
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

Kimi K2

67

80
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

Kimi K2

59.7

75
MGSM
61
70
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

Kimi K2

42.7

62
AIME 2023
32
64
AIME 2024
34
63
AIME 2025
33
58
HMMT Feb 2023
28
60
HMMT Feb 2024
30
59
HMMT Feb 2025
29
61
BRUMO 2025
31
70
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Seed-2.0-Mini is ahead overall, 53 to 34. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 35.

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

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.6 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 24.7 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.8 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.2 versus 29.3. 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 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-Mini or Kimi K2?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.8 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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