Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Gemma 2 9B
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
ByteDance Seed
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 62.9 to 32.1.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 25.9 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1173 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 22.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1171 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.83 |
| LiveBench | — | 28.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 1183 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.9% |
Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1147 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.5% |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |
| MMLU | — | 72.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Gemma 2 9B: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | — |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 1185 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1190 |
| LMArena German | 1442 | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1200 |
Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1178 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 52.6% |
Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1197 |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1206 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1193 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Gemma 2 9B?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Gemma 2 9B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.