Seed-2.0-Lite vs MiniMax M2.5

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 59. 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 multimodal & grounded, where it averages 79.6 against 62. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 57. MiniMax M2.5 does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Seed-2.0-Lite is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.5. Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for MiniMax M2.5.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.5 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

MiniMax M2.5

53.4

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
51
63
BrowseComp
62
53
OSWorld-Verified
50

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

MiniMax M2.5

38.7

63
HumanEval
65
45
SWE-bench Verified
45
37
LiveCodeBench
35
45
SWE-bench Pro
41

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

MiniMax M2.5

62

80
MMMU-Pro
57
79
OfficeQA Pro
68

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

MiniMax M2.5

69.6

68
SimpleQA
70
66
MuSR
68
85
BBH
83
76
LongBench v2
66
77
MRCRv2
69

Knowledge

MiniMax M2.5

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

MiniMax M2.5

55.3

71
MMLU
73
70
GPQA
72
68
SuperGPQA
70
66
OpenBookQA
68
73
MMLU-Pro
73
7
HLE
10
66
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

MiniMax M2.5

85

89
IFEval
85

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

MiniMax M2.5

82.1

87
MGSM
84
80
MMLU-ProX
81

Mathematics

MiniMax M2.5

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

MiniMax M2.5

76.1

71
AIME 2023
73
73
AIME 2024
75
72
AIME 2025
74
67
HMMT Feb 2023
69
69
HMMT Feb 2024
71
68
HMMT Feb 2025
70
70
BRUMO 2025
72
81
MATH-500
81

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 57.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 53.9. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 38.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 76.1 versus 75. 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 MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 69.6. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 53.4. 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 MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 62. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Lite or MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 85. 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 MiniMax M2.5?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 82.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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