Seed-2.0-Lite vs Seed-2.0-Mini

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

Sibling matchup inside the Seed 2.0 family.

Seed-2.0-Lite and Seed-2.0-Mini sit in the same Seed 2.0 family. This page is less about two unrelated model lineages and more about how the siblings trade off on benchmark shape, token costs, and practical limits like context window.

Seed-2.0-Lite is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 63 to 53. 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 24.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 45 to 22.

Seed-2.0-Lite is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for Seed-2.0-Mini. That is roughly 5.0x on output cost alone.

Quick Verdict

Seed-2.0-Lite makes more sense if coding is the priority, while Seed-2.0-Mini is the cleaner fit if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

55.1

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
43
63
BrowseComp
53
53
OSWorld-Verified
45

Coding

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

41.4

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

63
HumanEval
55
45
SWE-bench Verified
22
37
LiveCodeBench
21
45
SWE-bench Pro
29

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

79.6

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

80
MMMU-Pro
74
79
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

73

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

68
SimpleQA
59
66
MuSR
57
85
BBH
73
76
LongBench v2
68
77
MRCRv2
72

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

53.9

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

71
MMLU
62
70
GPQA
61
68
SuperGPQA
59
66
OpenBookQA
57
73
MMLU-Pro
62
7
HLE
1
66
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

89

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

89
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

82.5

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

87
MGSM
75
80
MMLU-ProX
70

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed-2.0-Lite

75

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

71
AIME 2023
62
73
AIME 2024
64
72
AIME 2025
63
67
HMMT Feb 2023
58
69
HMMT Feb 2024
60
68
HMMT Feb 2025
59
70
BRUMO 2025
61
81
MATH-500
70

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Lite or Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Lite and Seed-2.0-Mini are sibling variants in the Seed 2.0 family, so the right pick depends on whether you value the better benchmark line, cheaper tokens, or the larger context window. Seed-2.0-Lite is ahead overall 63 to 53.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 44.6. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.4 versus 24.7. 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 Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 65.1. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73 versus 64.8. 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 Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.1 versus 46.2. 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 Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 73.1. 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 Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 80. 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 Seed-2.0-Mini?

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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