Model comparison

Seed 2.0 Pro vs Gemma 3 4B

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 12 shared benchmarks.

Seed 2.0 Pro

ByteDance Seed

43.2

Rank #96 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 40.2 to 11.8.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
Seed 2.0 Pro accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.
Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Seed 2.0 Pro and Gemma 3 4B specifications
	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
Provider	ByteDance Seed	Google
Noometry Index	43.2	28.1
Released	2026-02-14	2025-03-12
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	256K	131K
Max output	128K	4K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.50	$0.04
Output $ / M tokens	$3	$0.08
Results tracked	20	22

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Category by category

Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding	1472	1230

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: —, Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	—	19.6%

Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Hard Prompts	1453	1253
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	25.2%
NYT Connections (extended)	28.4%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
Thematic Generalization	57.1%	—
DTBench	—	50.9%
LMCA	—	2.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	116.02

Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Math	1439	1239
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	7.5%

Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Expert	1440	1223
GPQA Diamond	—	23.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	6.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Gemma 3 4B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Vision	1274	—

Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English	1441	1273
LMArena German	1442	1281
LMArena Russian	1449	1294
LMArena Chinese	1489	—
LMArena French	1471	—
LMArena Japanese	1408	—
LMArena Korean	1411	—
LMArena Spanish	1460	—

Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following	1414	1239

Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query	1428	1273

Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Text	1448	1291
LMArena Creative Writing	1406	1271
LMArena Multi-Turn	1441	1255
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1068

Frequently asked questions

Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Gemma 3 4B?

Which is cheaper, Seed 2.0 Pro or Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Seed 2.0 Pro does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Gemma 3 4B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.