Seed-2.0-Lite vs Llama 4 Maverick

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 43. 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 coding, where it averages 41.4 against 15.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 45 to 13.

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 Llama 4 Maverick. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Llama 4 Maverick gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Seed-2.0-Lite.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Maverick only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 1M context window.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

Llama 4 Maverick

40.9

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
63
BrowseComp
51
53
OSWorld-Verified
38

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Llama 4 Maverick

15.7

63
HumanEval
38
45
SWE-bench Verified
13
37
LiveCodeBench
15
45
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Llama 4 Maverick

56.8

80
MMMU-Pro
59
79
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Llama 4 Maverick

54

68
SimpleQA
44
66
MuSR
42
85
BBH
63
76
LongBench v2
63
77
MRCRv2
63

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Llama 4 Maverick

36.5

71
MMLU
46
70
GPQA
45
68
SuperGPQA
43
66
OpenBookQA
41
73
MMLU-Pro
53
7
HLE
4
66
FrontierScience
45

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Llama 4 Maverick

68

89
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Llama 4 Maverick

59.8

87
MGSM
63
80
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Llama 4 Maverick

51.3

71
AIME 2023
46
73
AIME 2024
48
72
AIME 2025
47
67
HMMT Feb 2023
42
69
HMMT Feb 2024
44
68
HMMT Feb 2025
43
70
BRUMO 2025
45
81
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 45 and 13.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 36.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 15.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 51.3. 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 54. 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 40.9. 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-Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 56.8. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 68. 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 59.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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