Model comparison

Seed 2.0 Pro vs MiniMax-M2.1

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.1 costs 2.1× 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 12, 2026. 18 shared benchmarks.

Seed 2.0 Pro

ByteDance Seed

43.2

Rank #96 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 24.1 to 16.6.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 28.4% for Seed 2.0 Pro and 11.2% for MiniMax-M2.1.
MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
Seed 2.0 Pro accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 205K.
MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Seed 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 specifications
	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	ByteDance Seed	MiniMax
Noometry Index	43.2	38.9
Released	2026-02-14	2025-12-23
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	256K	205K
Max output	128K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.50	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$3	$1.20
Results tracked	20	22

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Category by category

Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Coding	1472	1421
LMArena WebDev	—	1384
ALE-Bench	—	623.83

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench	—	36.6%

Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
NYT Connections (extended)	28.4%	11.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1453	1411
Thematic Generalization	57.1%	—

Math Too close to call

Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math	1439	1397

Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert	1440	1431
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	11.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), MiniMax-M2.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Vision	1274	—

Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English	1441	1378
LMArena Chinese	1489	1430
LMArena French	1471	1404
LMArena German	1442	1381
LMArena Japanese	1408	1287
LMArena Korean	1411	1298
LMArena Russian	1449	1387
LMArena Spanish	1460	1397

Instruction Following Too close to call

Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following	1414	1400

Long Context Too close to call

Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query	1428	1416

Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Seed 2.0 Pro	MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text	1448	1392
LMArena Creative Writing	1406	1361
LMArena Multi-Turn	1441	1396

Frequently asked questions

Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than MiniMax-M2.1?

Which is cheaper, Seed 2.0 Pro or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Seed 2.0 Pro or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Seed 2.0 Pro does, with 256K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.