Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Dolly 2.0-12b
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
ByteDance Seed
DatabricksSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 62.9 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 25.5 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2023-04-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 776 |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 804 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 89.67 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 61.8% |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 871 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 39.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| MMLU | — | 26.2% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | — |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 836 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | — |
| LMArena German | 1442 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | — |
Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 814 |
Long Context Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | — |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 740 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Dolly 2.0-12b?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Dolly 2.0-12b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.