Seed-2.0-Lite vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

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 45. 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 45.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 38.

Seed-2.0-Lite gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B 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

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

39.6

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
38
63
BrowseComp
43
53
OSWorld-Verified
39

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

22

63
HumanEval
49
45
SWE-bench Verified
26
37
LiveCodeBench
16
45
SWE-bench Pro
27

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

45.2

80
MMMU-Pro
38
79
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

54

68
SimpleQA
54
66
MuSR
52
85
BBH
72
76
LongBench v2
51
77
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

43.8

71
MMLU
57
70
GPQA
56
68
SuperGPQA
54
66
OpenBookQA
52
73
MMLU-Pro
65
7
HLE
1
66
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

78

89
IFEval
78

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

71.8

87
MGSM
75
80
MMLU-ProX
70

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

63.7

71
AIME 2023
57
73
AIME 2024
59
72
AIME 2025
58
67
HMMT Feb 2023
53
69
HMMT Feb 2024
55
68
HMMT Feb 2025
54
70
BRUMO 2025
56
81
MATH-500
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall, 63 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 38.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Lite or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 43.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Lite or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 22. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Lite or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 63.7. 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 54. 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 39.6. 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 45.2. 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 78. 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 71.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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