Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Grok 3
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
ByteDance SeedSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Grok 3 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 24.1 to 13.7.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2025-04-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1432 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 53.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 37.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 29.5% |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1434 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| SimpleBench | — | 36.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 61.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.33 |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 1391 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 55.6% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 88.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 3.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Grok 3 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 75.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 14.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 65% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Grok 3: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | — |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1410 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1460 |
| LMArena German | 1442 | 1431 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | 1387 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1373 |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | 1416 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1417 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1409 |
| IFEval | — | 88.4% |
Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1439 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 58.3% |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1426 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1414 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1425 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 76.4% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1186 |
| WildBench | — | 84.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Grok 3?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Grok 3 better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Grok 3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.