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Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium) vs Seed-2.0-Lite (medium)

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium) leads on average score with 7.8 vs 7.8. Seed-2.0-Lite (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.236 vs $2.126. Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium) is faster at 28.08s vs 47.94s, with pass rates of 65.2% vs 69.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-08

Compared models

Rank
#83
Total Output Tokens
120,427
Response Time (avg)
28.08s
Total Cost
$2.126
Rank
#85
Total Output Tokens
101,296
Response Time (avg)
47.94s
Total Cost
$0.236
Recommended model Seed-2.0-Lite (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (7.8 vs 7.8), while costing about 9.0x less than Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-17 Seed-2.0-Lite Seed-2.0-Lite medium Release: 2026-02-14
Score 7.8 7.8
Rank #83 #85
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.5 8.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.2% 69.7%
Flaky tests 1 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 15.182 1.809
Total Cost $2.126 $0.236
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 106,316 129,906
Output Tokens 79,338 12,530
Reasoning Tokens 41,089 88,766
Response Time (avg) 28.08s 47.94s
Response Time (max) 140.96s 254.92s
Response Time (total) 421.15s 1054.57s
Parameters ~1T total (~100B active) ~200B total (~20B active)
Availability Closed Closed

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#83 Claude Sonnet 4.6

medium
Reached the allocated time limit (300 seconds) without receiving showcase output.
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#85 Seed-2.0-Lite

medium
Cost
$0.005
Time
86.7s
Tokens
2,354 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.7 6.6 44.4% 1 33.29s 6,995 16,089 3,686
Seed-2.0-Lite 8.0 9.8 66.7% 0 156.74s 8,247 458 31,890

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