Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs o1-mini
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 34.0 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 8 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 24.1 to 8.8.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), o1-mini: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | — |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1442 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1303 |
Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than o1-mini?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or o1-mini better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and o1-mini share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.