Seed-2.0-Mini vs Llama 3 70B

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 45. 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 52.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 50.

Seed-2.0-Mini gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Llama 3 70B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 3 70B 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

Llama 3 70B

41.2

43
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
53
BrowseComp
48
45
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

Llama 3 70B

15.8

55
HumanEval
50
22
SWE-bench Verified
9
21
LiveCodeBench
19
29
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

Llama 3 70B

52.3

74
MMMU-Pro
50
72
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

Llama 3 70B

59.6

59
SimpleQA
56
57
MuSR
54
73
BBH
74
68
LongBench v2
61
72
MRCRv2
61

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

Llama 3 70B

42.2

62
MMLU
58
61
GPQA
58
59
SuperGPQA
56
57
OpenBookQA
54
62
MMLU-Pro
55
1
HLE
2
54
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

Llama 3 70B

77

80
IFEval
77

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

Llama 3 70B

67.5

75
MGSM
72
70
MMLU-ProX
65

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

Llama 3 70B

63.3

62
AIME 2023
58
64
AIME 2024
60
63
AIME 2025
59
58
HMMT Feb 2023
54
60
HMMT Feb 2024
56
59
HMMT Feb 2025
55
61
BRUMO 2025
57
70
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Mini or Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini is ahead overall, 53 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 50.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.6 versus 42.2. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Mini or Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 24.7 versus 15.8. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Mini or Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 versus 63.3. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.8 versus 59.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.2 versus 41.2. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 52.3. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 77. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 67.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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