Model comparison

Seed 2.0 Pro vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 28× 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. 0 shared benchmarks.

Seed 2.0 Pro

ByteDance Seed

43.2

Rank #96 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 40.2 to 9.9.
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 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.
Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Seed 2.0 Pro and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
Provider	ByteDance Seed	IBM
Noometry Index	43.2	29.0
Released	2026-02-14	2025-10-02
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	256K	131K
Max output	128K	118K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.50	$0.017
Output $ / M tokens	$3	$0.11
Results tracked	20	8

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Coding	1472	—

Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
NYT Connections (extended)	28.4%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
Thematic Generalization	57.1%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1453	—

Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	2.8%
Omni-MATH	—	20.9%
LMArena Math	1439	—

Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond	—	28.3%
MMLU-Pro	—	39.5%
GPQA (HELM)	—	30.7%
LMArena Expert	1440	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Vision	1274	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English	1441	—
LMArena Chinese	1489	—
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), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
IFEval	—	84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following	1414	—

Long Context Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query	1428	—

Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text	1448	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1406	—
WildBench	—	67%
LMArena Multi-Turn	1441	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Which is cheaper, Seed 2.0 Pro or Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.

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 Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.