Seed-2.0-Mini vs Llama 4 Maverick

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 43. 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 56.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OfficeQA Pro, 72 to 54.

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 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-Mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Mini 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-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

Llama 4 Maverick

40.9

43
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
53
BrowseComp
51
45
OSWorld-Verified
38

Coding

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

Llama 4 Maverick

15.7

55
HumanEval
38
22
SWE-bench Verified
13
21
LiveCodeBench
15
29
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

Llama 4 Maverick

56.8

74
MMMU-Pro
59
72
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

Llama 4 Maverick

54

59
SimpleQA
44
57
MuSR
42
73
BBH
63
68
LongBench v2
63
72
MRCRv2
63

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

Llama 4 Maverick

36.5

62
MMLU
46
61
GPQA
45
59
SuperGPQA
43
57
OpenBookQA
41
62
MMLU-Pro
53
1
HLE
4
54
FrontierScience
45

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

Llama 4 Maverick

68

80
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

Llama 4 Maverick

59.8

75
MGSM
63
70
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

Llama 4 Maverick

51.3

62
AIME 2023
46
64
AIME 2024
48
63
AIME 2025
47
58
HMMT Feb 2023
42
60
HMMT Feb 2024
44
59
HMMT Feb 2025
43
61
BRUMO 2025
45
70
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Seed-2.0-Mini is ahead overall, 53 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OfficeQA Pro, where the scores are 72 and 54.

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

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.6 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-Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 24.7 versus 15.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 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-Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.8 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-Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.2 versus 40.9. 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 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-Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 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-Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?

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