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Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) vs Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium)

Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium) leads on average score with 8.4 vs 8.3. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.922 vs $1.969. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) is faster at 12.52s vs 197.04s, with pass rates of 80.3% vs 78.8%.

Last updated at: 2026-08-12

Rank
#41
Total Output Tokens
63,207
Response Time (avg)
12.52s
Total Cost
$0.922
Rank
#37
Total Output Tokens
766,465
Response Time (avg)
197.04s
Total Cost
$1.969
Recommended model Claude Sonnet 5 (medium)

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

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 medium Release: 2026-06-30 Seed 2.1 Turbo Seed 2.1 Turbo medium Release: 2026-08-12
Score 8.3 8.4
Rank #41 #37
Reliability 10.0 9.9
Consistency 9.0 8.2
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 80.3% 78.8%
Flaky tests 3 5
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 5.760 13.123
Total Cost $0.922 $1.969
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 145,956 104,424
Output Tokens 52,333 6,510
Reasoning Tokens 10,874 759,955
Response Time (avg) 12.52s 197.04s
Response Time (max) 66.71s 885.33s
Response Time (total) 275.42s 4334.80s
Parameters ~1T total (~100B active) ~200B total (~20B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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Hamster playing table tennis

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#41 Claude Sonnet 5

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
6.4s
Tokens
832 tok

#37 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 9.0 7.9 88.9% 1 17.28s 10,590 13,153 2,379
Seed 2.1 Turbo 8.2 7.2 88.9% 1 354.87s 8,220 384 205,892

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