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Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium) vs GPT-5.2 (medium)

The average score is effectively tied at 8.4 vs 8.4. GPT-5.2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $1.182 vs $1.951. GPT-5.2 (medium) is faster at 28.51s vs 193.59s, with pass rates of 78.8% vs 72.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-24

Compared models

Rank
#67
Total Output Tokens
759,191
Response Time (avg)
193.59s
Total Cost
$1.951
Rank
#64
Total Output Tokens
71,252
Response Time (avg)
28.51s
Total Cost
$1.182
Recommended model GPT-5.2 (medium)

It has the best score here (8.4), while costing about 1.7x less than Seed 2.1 Turbo (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Seed 2.1 Turbo Seed 2.1 Turbo medium Release: 2026-08-12 GPT-5.2 GPT-5.2 medium Release: 2025-12-11
Score 8.4 8.4
Rank #67 #64
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.2 8.5
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 78.8% 72.7%
Flaky tests 5 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 13.002 8.438
Total Cost $1.951 $1.182
Input Price $0.500 / 1M $1.750 / 1M
Output Price $2.500 / 1M $14.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 104,433 105,013
Output Tokens 6,511 9,914
Reasoning Tokens 752,680 61,338
Response Time (avg) 193.59s 28.51s
Response Time (max) 885.33s 116.86s
Response Time (total) 4258.98s 456.13s
Parameters ~200B total (~20B active) ~1.2T total (~80B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#67 Seed 2.1 Turbo

medium
Cost
$0.099
Time
583.9s
Tokens
39,514 tok

#64 GPT-5.2

medium
Cost
$0.047
Time
49.2s
Tokens
3,396 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 2.1 Turbo 8.2 7.2 88.9% 1 354.87s 8,220 384 205,892
GPT-5.2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 22.73s 7,302 511 11,912

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