# Seed 2.0 Pro vs Inkling-Small

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dola-seed-2-0-pro-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher in 5 categories and Inkling-Small in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 39.0 to 23.1.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 256K.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance Seed | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| Rank | 97 | 57 |
| Context | 256K | 524K |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | $0.45 |
| Output $/M | $3 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 42.9 (#84)
- Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | 1451 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1408 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |

## Reasoning

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 23.1 (#167)
- Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | 1424 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.13 |

## Math

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#110)
- Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1453 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |

## Knowledge

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.6 (#119)
- Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |

## Multimodal

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.8 (#34)
- Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1275 | 1235 |

## Multilingual

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.8 (#37)
- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1442 | 1400 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1458 |
| LMArena French | 1470 | 1438 |
| LMArena German | 1443 | 1412 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | 1412 | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | 1450 | 1392 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | 1426 |

## Instruction Following

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.7 (#86)
- Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1397 |

## Long Context

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#85)
- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1401 |

## Writing & Preference

- Seed 2.0 Pro: 63.0 (#66)
- Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102)

| Benchmark | Seed 2.0 Pro | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1413 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1330 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1420 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |

## FAQ

### Is Seed 2.0 Pro better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Seed 2.0 Pro or Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 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 Inkling-Small better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.9 vs 43.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 256K.

### How many benchmarks do Seed 2.0 Pro and Inkling-Small share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Seed 2.0 Pro has 20 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.