Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Seed 2.0 Pro
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
ByteDance SeedSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Seed 2.0 Pro in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 62.9 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
- Seed 2.0 Pro accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | ByteDance Seed |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-02-14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 256K |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $3 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1472 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Seed 2.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1453 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 28.4% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 57.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1439 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1440 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: —, Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1274 |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1441 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1489 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1471 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1442 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1408 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1411 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1449 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1460 |
Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1414 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1428 |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1448 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1406 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1441 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Seed 2.0 Pro?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Seed 2.0 Pro?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Seed 2.0 Pro better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Seed 2.0 Pro does, with 256K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Seed 2.0 Pro share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Seed 2.0 Pro has 20.