Model comparison
Seed 2.0 Pro vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 3.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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ByteDance Seed
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 39.3 to 12.6.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper at $0.17 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
- Seed 2.0 Pro accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2026-02-14 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.5 (#86), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 24.1 (#165), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | — |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.51 |
Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.3 (#108), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1439 | — |
Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.2 (#122), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 41.5 (#35), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.5 (#39), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | — |
| LMArena French | 1471 | — |
| LMArena German | 1442 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | — |
Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.5 (#91), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#90), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | — |
Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads
Seed 2.0 Pro: 62.9 (#69), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 3.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Seed 2.0 Pro or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.17 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Seed 2.0 Pro does, with 256K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.