Seed-2.0-Mini vs Nova Pro

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

Seed-2.0-Mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 53 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Seed-2.0-Mini's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 73.1 against 41.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 37.

Seed-2.0-Mini gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Nova Pro.

Quick Verdict

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

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

Nova Pro

33.3

43
Terminal-Bench 2.0
31
53
BrowseComp
39
45
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

Nova Pro

17.2

55
HumanEval
33
22
SWE-bench Verified
19
21
LiveCodeBench
14
29
SWE-bench Pro
20

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

Nova Pro

41.1

74
MMMU-Pro
37
72
OfficeQA Pro
46

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

Nova Pro

46.3

59
SimpleQA
39
57
MuSR
37
73
BBH
63
68
LongBench v2
51
72
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

Nova Pro

34.2

62
MMLU
41
61
GPQA
40
59
SuperGPQA
38
57
OpenBookQA
36
62
MMLU-Pro
53
1
HLE
4
54
FrontierScience
41

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

Nova Pro

66

80
IFEval
66

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

Nova Pro

60.4

75
MGSM
61
70
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

Nova Pro

48.6

62
AIME 2023
41
64
AIME 2024
43
63
AIME 2025
42
58
HMMT Feb 2023
37
60
HMMT Feb 2024
39
59
HMMT Feb 2025
38
61
BRUMO 2025
40
70
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini is ahead overall, 53 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 37.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.6 versus 34.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 24.7 versus 17.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 versus 48.6. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.8 versus 46.3. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.2 versus 33.3. 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-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 41.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 66. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Nova Pro?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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