Seed-2.0-Mini vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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 30. 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 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 27.

Seed-2.0-Mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Seed-2.0-Mini gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

43
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
53
BrowseComp
31
45
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

55
HumanEval
14
22
SWE-bench Verified
9
21
LiveCodeBench
8
29
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

74
MMMU-Pro
27
72
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

59
SimpleQA
24
57
MuSR
22
73
BBH
59
68
LongBench v2
34
72
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

62
MMLU
26
61
GPQA
25
59
SuperGPQA
23
57
OpenBookQA
21
62
MMLU-Pro
50
1
HLE
1
54
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

Tie

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

80
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

75
MGSM
62
70
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

62
AIME 2023
24
64
AIME 2024
26
63
AIME 2025
25
58
HMMT Feb 2023
20
60
HMMT Feb 2024
22
59
HMMT Feb 2025
21
61
BRUMO 2025
23
70
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini is ahead overall, 53 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.6 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 24.7 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 versus 37. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.8 versus 32.1. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.2 versus 25.7. 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-Mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 32.4. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini and LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct are effectively tied for instruction following here, both landing at 80 on average.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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