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ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite vs Thinking Machines: Inkling

Inkling (high) leads on average score with 8.0 vs 7.9. Seed-2.0-Lite (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.234 vs $1.006. Seed-2.0-Lite (medium) is faster at 48.53s vs 64.16s, with pass rates of 74.2% vs 77.3%.

Recommended modelSeed-2.0-Lite (medium)Its score stays close to the best score here (7.9 vs 8.0), while costing about 4.3x less than Inkling (high).

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Seed-2.0-Lite Seed-2.0-Lite medium Release: 2026-02-14 Inkling Inkling high Release: 2026-07-18
Score 7.9 8.0
Rank #35 #28
Reliability 10.0 9.8
Consistency 8.6 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 74.2% 77.3%
Flaky tests 4 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 1.669 6.704
Total Cost $0.234 $1.006
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $1.000 / 1M
Output Price $2.000 / 1M $4.050 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 129,897 86,746
Output Tokens 12,533 6,055
Reasoning Tokens 88,047 220,791
Response Time (avg) 48.53s 64.16s
Response Time (max) 254.92s 327.51s
Response Time (total) 1067.74s 1411.59s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#35 Seed-2.0-Lite

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

#28 Thinking Machines: Inkling

high
Cost
$0.005
Time
32.2s
Tokens
1,275 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
Seed-2.0-Lite 8.0 9.8 66.7% 0 156.74s 8,247 458 31,890
Inkling 8.5 10.0 66.7% 0 148.36s 7,374 430 78,982

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