Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Seed 2.0 Pro and Gemma 4 31B IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.2 vs 43.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 43.2 to 39.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 28.4% for Seed 2.0 Pro and 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT.
- Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
- Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
- Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | $0.34 |
| 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 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1459 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1366 |
| SciCode | — | 43.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 925.5 |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | 70.6% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | 53% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.5% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.7% |
| LMCA | — | 39.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 30.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.74 |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1465 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 75.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 10.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multimodal Too close to call
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | 1277 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1425 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 1476 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1435 |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | 1460 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1444 |
| LMArena German | 1442 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1433 |
Long Context Too close to call
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1446 |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1415 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1452 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1120 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Gemma 4 31B IT?
Seed 2.0 Pro and Gemma 4 31B IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.2 vs 43.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Seed 2.0 Pro or Gemma 4 31B IT?
Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Gemma 4 31B IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.