Seed-2.0-Lite vs Moonshot v1

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 47. 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 52.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 49.

Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Moonshot v1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Moonshot v1 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

Moonshot v1

42.2

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
63
BrowseComp
49
53
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Moonshot v1

26.4

63
HumanEval
45
45
SWE-bench Verified
34
37
LiveCodeBench
21
45
SWE-bench Pro
30

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Moonshot v1

52.6

80
MMMU-Pro
49
79
OfficeQA Pro
57

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Moonshot v1

55.5

68
SimpleQA
51
66
MuSR
49
85
BBH
73
76
LongBench v2
58
77
MRCRv2
56

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Moonshot v1

42.3

71
MMLU
53
70
GPQA
52
68
SuperGPQA
50
66
OpenBookQA
48
73
MMLU-Pro
64
7
HLE
5
66
FrontierScience
49

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Moonshot v1

77

89
IFEval
77

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Moonshot v1

69.8

87
MGSM
73
80
MMLU-ProX
68

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Moonshot v1

61

71
AIME 2023
53
73
AIME 2024
55
72
AIME 2025
54
67
HMMT Feb 2023
49
69
HMMT Feb 2024
51
68
HMMT Feb 2025
50
70
BRUMO 2025
52
81
MATH-500
72

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 49.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 42.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 26.4. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 61. 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 Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 55.5. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 42.2. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 52.6. 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 Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 77. 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 Moonshot v1?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 69.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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