Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Grok 4
Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
ByteDance SeedSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 4 in 6 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 leads 63.1 to 43.6.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 48.1 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2025-07-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 48 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Grok 4: 50.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1408 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 79.6% |
| WeirdML | — | 45.7% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: —, Grok 4: 32.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 63% |
| GDPval | — | 21.1% |
| Cybench | — | 43% |
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 47.3% |
| BALROG | — | 43.6% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1142 |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 66.6% |
Reasoning Grok 4 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Grok 4: 36.7 (#65)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1409 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 16% |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 73.6% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 66.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 28% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.44 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.9 |
Math Grok 4 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Grok 4: 48.4 (#64)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 1422 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 60.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 19.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Grok 4 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Grok 4: 53.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1415 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 85.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 72.7% |
Multimodal Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Grok 4: 33.7 (#94)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | 1210 |
| GeoBench | — | 45% |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Grok 4: 51.8 (#103)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1403 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 1427 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1418 |
| LMArena German | 1442 | 1429 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1377 |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | 1410 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1420 |
Instruction Following Grok 4 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Grok 4: 79.2 (#5)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1387 |
| IFEval | — | 94.9% |
Long Context Grok 4 leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Grok 4: 63.1 (#4)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1409 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 94.4% |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Grok 4: 58.5 (#116)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1411 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1397 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1416 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 76.9% |
| WildBench | — | 79.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Grok 4?
Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Grok 4 better for coding?
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 43.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Grok 4 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 has 48.