Model comparison

Seed 2.0 Pro vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Seed 2.0 Pro ByteDance Seed

43.2

Rank #96 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 54.5 to 43.1.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Seed 2.0 Pro and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 specifications
Seed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
ProviderByteDance SeedNVIDIA
Noometry Index43.236.7
Released2026-02-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window256K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked2011

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Category by category

Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 38.4 (#177)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Coding14721312

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 15.7 (#149)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10%

Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 26.3 (#134)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Hard Prompts14531316
NYT Connections (extended)28.4%—
Thematic Generalization57.1%—

Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 37.5 (#152)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Math14391360

Knowledge Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Expert1440—

Multimodal Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Vision1274—

Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 43.1 (#187)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Non-English14411282
LMArena Russian14491284
LMArena Chinese1489—
LMArena French1471—
LMArena German1442—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1411—
LMArena Spanish1460—

Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 69.0 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Instruction Following14141308

Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 39.5 (#177)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Longer Query14281299

Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 52.2 (#175)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkSeed 2.0 ProLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Text14481320
LMArena Creative Writing14061314
LMArena Multi-Turn14411317

Frequently asked questions

Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1?

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 better for coding?

Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has 11.

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