Seed-2.0-Lite vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

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 33. 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 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 27.

Seed-2.0-Lite is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking 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. Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
63
BrowseComp
37
53
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

63
HumanEval
17
45
SWE-bench Verified
10
37
LiveCodeBench
9
45
SWE-bench Pro
7

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

80
MMMU-Pro
27
79
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

68
SimpleQA
29
66
MuSR
31
85
BBH
67
76
LongBench v2
39
77
MRCRv2
42

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

71
MMLU
27
70
GPQA
26
68
SuperGPQA
24
66
OpenBookQA
22
73
MMLU-Pro
51
7
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
31

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

89
IFEval
72

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

87
MGSM
62
80
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

71
AIME 2023
28
73
AIME 2024
30
72
AIME 2025
29
67
HMMT Feb 2023
24
69
HMMT Feb 2024
26
68
HMMT Feb 2025
25
70
BRUMO 2025
27
81
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 27.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 8.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 42.3. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 38.4. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 34.1. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 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-Lite or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 72. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 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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