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Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) vs Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium)

Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium) leads on average score with 8.4 vs 8.3. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) has the lower benchmark cost at $1.069 vs $1.951. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) is faster at 13.17s vs 193.59s, with pass rates of 78.8% vs 78.8%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-29

Compared models

Rank
#79
Total Output Tokens
77,105
Response Time (avg)
13.17s
Total Cost
$1.069
Rank
#73
Total Output Tokens
759,191
Response Time (avg)
193.59s
Total Cost
$1.951
Recommended model Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)

Its score stays close to the best score here (8.3 vs 8.4), while costing about 1.8x less than Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Sonnet 5.5 Claude Sonnet 5.5 xhigh Release: 2026-09-29 Seed 2.1 Turbo Seed 2.1 Turbo medium Release: 2026-08-12
Score 8.3 8.4
Rank #79 #73
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.7 8.2
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 78.8% 78.8%
Flaky tests 4 5
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 7.123 13.002
Total Cost $1.069 $1.951
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 148,643 104,433
Output Tokens 9,700 6,511
Reasoning Tokens 67,405 752,680
Response Time (avg) 13.17s 193.59s
Response Time (max) 54.91s 885.33s
Response Time (total) 289.67s 4258.98s
Parameters ~1T total (~100B active) ~200B total (~20B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#79 Claude Sonnet 5.5

xhigh
Cost
$0.319
Time
258.6s
Tokens
31,969 tok

#73 Seed 2.1 Turbo

medium
Cost
$0.099
Time
583.9s
Tokens
39,514 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 5.5 8.2 7.2 88.9% 1 11.90s 10,608 555 9,501
Seed 2.1 Turbo 8.2 7.2 88.9% 1 354.87s 8,220 384 205,892

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