ByteDance Seed, proprietary
Seed 2.0 Pro
Seed 2.0 Pro by ByteDance Seed ranks 96th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 43.2. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 35th. API pricing starts at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, with a 256K-token context window.
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Specifications
- Noometry rank
- #96 of 354
- Index score
- 43.2
- Evidence
- Confirmed 20 results
- Provider
ByteDance Seed
- Released
- February 14, 2026
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Context window
- 256K
- Max output
- 128K
- Input price
- $0.50 / M
- Output price
- $3 / M
- Blended price
- $1.13 / M
- Output speed
- Not measured
- Value
- #123 of 219
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Input
- text, image
Category scores
Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.
- Coding 43.5
- Reasoning 24.1
- Math 39.3
- Knowledge 40.2
- Multimodal 41.5
- Multilingual 54.5
- Instruction Following 74.5
- Long Context 43.6
- Writing & Preference 62.9
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 43.5 | #86 | 1 |
| Reasoning | 24.1 | #165 | 3 |
| Math | 39.3 | #108 | 1 |
| Knowledge | 40.2 | #122 | 1 |
| Multimodal | 41.5 | #35 | 1 |
| Multilingual | 54.5 | #39 | 1 |
| Instruction Following | 74.5 | #91 | 1 |
| Long Context | 43.6 | #90 | 1 |
| Writing & Preference | 62.9 | #69 | 3 |
Strengths and weaknesses
Categories where Seed 2.0 Pro places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.
Strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multilingual | 54.5 | +7.1 | #39 of 297, top 14% |
| Writing & Preference | 62.9 | +9.1 | #69 of 312, top 23% |
| Coding | 43.5 | +4.8 | #86 of 340, top 26% |
Closest competitors
The models ranked just above and below Seed 2.0 Pro. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | #92 | 43.5 | $0.11 | — | Compare |
| MiMo-V2.5 | #93 | 43.4 | $0.18 | — | Compare |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | #94 | 43.3 | $1.71 | — | Compare |
| Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | #95 | 43.2 | $1.22 | — | Compare |
| DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | #97 | 43.1 | $0.45 | 30 | Compare |
| Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | #98 | 43.1 | — | — | Compare |
| Mistral Large 4 | #99 | 43.1 | $1.03 | — | Compare |
| Claude Opus 4 | #100 | 43.1 | $30 | 29 | Compare |
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Benchmark results
Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.
Coding
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | #54 of 294, top 19% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Reasoning
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 28.4% | #73 of 91, top 81% | Lech Mazur benchmarks | ||
| Thematic Generalization | 57.1% | #14 of 23, top 61% | Lech Mazur benchmarks | ||
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | #56 of 297, top 19% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Math
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1439 | #74 of 285, top 26% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | #83 of 273, top 31% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Multimodal
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1274 | #33 of 122, top 28% | LMArena | 2026-10-09 |
Multilingual
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | #39 of 297, top 14% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Chinese | 1489 | #57 of 285, top 20% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena French | 1471 | #40 of 223, top 18% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena German | 1442 | #53 of 231, top 23% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Japanese | 1408 | #53 of 211, top 26% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | #42 of 213, top 20% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Russian | 1449 | #45 of 283, top 16% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | #34 of 226, top 16% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Instruction Following
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | #81 of 298, top 28% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Long Context
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | #81 of 291, top 28% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Writing & Preference
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | #46 of 297, top 16% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | #66 of 295, top 23% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | #72 of 295, top 25% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
API pricing by provider
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deepinfra | $0.50 | $3 | $0.10 | 2026-10-10 |
Compare Seed 2.0 Pro
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Frequently asked questions
How good is Seed 2.0 Pro?
Seed 2.0 Pro by ByteDance Seed ranks 96th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 43.2. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 35th. API pricing starts at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, with a 256K-token context window.
How much does Seed 2.0 Pro cost?
Seed 2.0 Pro costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens on deepinfra, with cached input at $0.10.
What is Seed 2.0 Pro's context window?
Seed 2.0 Pro accepts up to 256K tokens of input and can write up to 128K tokens in one response.
Is Seed 2.0 Pro open source?
No. Seed 2.0 Pro is proprietary and available only through ByteDance Seed's API and partner platforms.
What are Seed 2.0 Pro's strengths and weaknesses?
Relative to other ranked models, Seed 2.0 Pro places best in multilingual, writing & preference, coding and lowest in reasoning, knowledge, math.
What is Seed 2.0 Pro best at?
Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 35th on Noometry.