Seed 1.6 Flash vs Llama 4 Scout

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Seed 1.6 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 56 to 42. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Seed 1.6 Flash's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 67.1 against 51. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 59 to 39.

Seed 1.6 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.08 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Scout. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Seed 1.6 Flash is the reasoning model in the pair, while Llama 4 Scout 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. Llama 4 Scout gives you the larger context window at 10M, compared with 256K for Seed 1.6 Flash.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed 1.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Scout only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 10M context window.

Agentic

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

54.5

Llama 4 Scout

40.6

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
62
BrowseComp
48
52
OSWorld-Verified
37

Coding

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

27.6

Llama 4 Scout

12.9

59
HumanEval
39
24
SWE-bench Verified
12
25
LiveCodeBench
11
31
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

73.1

Llama 4 Scout

57.8

74
MMMU-Pro
60
72
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

66.8

Llama 4 Scout

55

61
SimpleQA
45
59
MuSR
43
75
BBH
60
70
LongBench v2
64
74
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

47.3

Llama 4 Scout

35.6

65
MMLU
47
64
GPQA
46
62
SuperGPQA
44
60
OpenBookQA
42
65
MMLU-Pro
51
3
HLE
2
57
FrontierScience
44

Instruction Following

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

81

Llama 4 Scout

68

81
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

72.8

Llama 4 Scout

59.8

76
MGSM
63
71
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

67.1

Llama 4 Scout

51

64
AIME 2023
47
66
AIME 2024
49
65
AIME 2025
48
60
HMMT Feb 2023
43
62
HMMT Feb 2024
45
61
HMMT Feb 2025
44
63
BRUMO 2025
46
72
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash is ahead overall, 56 to 42. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 59 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 47.3 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 27.6 versus 12.9. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 67.1 versus 51. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 66.8 versus 55. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.5 versus 40.6. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 57.8. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 81 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.8 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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