Seed-2.0-Lite vs Llama 4 Scout

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 42. 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 12.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 45 to 12.

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 Scout. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Llama 4 Scout gives you the larger context window at 10M, compared with 256K for Seed-2.0-Lite.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite 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-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

Llama 4 Scout

40.6

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
63
BrowseComp
48
53
OSWorld-Verified
37

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Llama 4 Scout

12.9

63
HumanEval
39
45
SWE-bench Verified
12
37
LiveCodeBench
11
45
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Llama 4 Scout

57.8

80
MMMU-Pro
60
79
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Llama 4 Scout

55

68
SimpleQA
45
66
MuSR
43
85
BBH
60
76
LongBench v2
64
77
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Llama 4 Scout

35.6

71
MMLU
47
70
GPQA
46
68
SuperGPQA
44
66
OpenBookQA
42
73
MMLU-Pro
51
7
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
44

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Llama 4 Scout

68

89
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Llama 4 Scout

59.8

87
MGSM
63
80
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Llama 4 Scout

51

71
AIME 2023
47
73
AIME 2024
49
72
AIME 2025
48
67
HMMT Feb 2023
43
69
HMMT Feb 2024
45
68
HMMT Feb 2025
44
70
BRUMO 2025
46
81
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 42. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 45 and 12.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 35.6. 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 Scout?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 12.9. 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 Scout?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 51. 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 Scout?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 55. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Scout?

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 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-2.0-Lite or Llama 4 Scout?

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 Scout?

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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