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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
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.

Seed 2.0 Pro category scores
  1. Coding 43.5
  2. Reasoning 24.1
  3. Math 39.3
  4. Knowledge 40.2
  5. Multimodal 41.5
  6. Multilingual 54.5
  7. Instruction Following 74.5
  8. Long Context 43.6
  9. Writing & Preference 62.9
Seed 2.0 Pro category ranks
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding43.5#861
Reasoning24.1#1653
Math39.3#1081
Knowledge40.2#1221
Multimodal41.5#351
Multilingual54.5#391
Instruction Following74.5#911
Long Context43.6#901
Writing & Preference62.9#693

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

Seed 2.0 Pro: strongest categories
CategoryScorevs medianRank
Multilingual54.5+7.1#39 of 297, top 14%
Writing & Preference62.9+9.1#69 of 312, top 23%
Coding43.5+4.8#86 of 340, top 26%

Weakest categories

Seed 2.0 Pro: weakest categories
CategoryScorevs medianRank
Reasoning24.1+0.5#165 of 350, top 48%
Knowledge40.2+2.9#122 of 314, top 39%
Math39.3+2.7#108 of 327, top 34%

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.

Models ranked closest to Seed 2.0 Pro
ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT#9243.5$0.11—Compare
MiMo-V2.5#9343.4$0.18—Compare
Kimi K2.7 Code#9443.3$1.71—Compare
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B#9543.2$1.22—Compare
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus#9743.1$0.4530Compare
Hunyuan Vision 1.5#9843.1——Compare
Mistral Large 4#9943.1$1.03—Compare
Claude Opus 4#10043.1$3029Compare

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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

Seed 2.0 Pro Coding benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Coding1472#54 of 294, top 19%LMArena2026-10-08

Reasoning

Seed 2.0 Pro Reasoning benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
NYT Connections (extended)28.4%#73 of 91, top 81%Lech Mazur benchmarks
Thematic Generalization57.1%#14 of 23, top 61%Lech Mazur benchmarks
LMArena Hard Prompts1453#56 of 297, top 19%LMArena2026-10-08

Math

Seed 2.0 Pro Math benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Math1439#74 of 285, top 26%LMArena2026-10-08

Knowledge

Seed 2.0 Pro Knowledge benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Expert1440#83 of 273, top 31%LMArena2026-10-08

Multimodal

Seed 2.0 Pro Multimodal benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Vision1274#33 of 122, top 28%LMArena2026-10-09

Multilingual

Seed 2.0 Pro Multilingual benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1441#39 of 297, top 14%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1489#57 of 285, top 20%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1471#40 of 223, top 18%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena German1442#53 of 231, top 23%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Japanese1408#53 of 211, top 26%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Korean1411#42 of 213, top 20%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1449#45 of 283, top 16%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1460#34 of 226, top 16%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

Seed 2.0 Pro Instruction Following benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1414#81 of 298, top 28%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

Seed 2.0 Pro Long Context benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Longer Query1428#81 of 291, top 28%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

Seed 2.0 Pro Writing & Preference benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1448#46 of 297, top 16%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1406#66 of 295, top 23%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Multi-Turn1441#72 of 295, top 25%LMArena2026-10-08

API pricing by provider

Seed 2.0 Pro API prices
RouteInput $/MOutput $/MCached input $/MChecked
deepinfra$0.50$3$0.102026-10-10

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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.