Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
ByteDance Seed
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 62.9 to 27.6.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1093 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1072 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | 1111 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1045 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | — |
Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1076 |
| LMArena German | 1442 | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 905 |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1085 |
Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1018 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.