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Claude Sonnet 4.5vsSeed2.1 Pro
Seed2.1 Pro leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark.
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Seed2.1 Pro leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
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both 200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Anthropic · ByteDance Seed
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic · released 2025-09-29
textvision
Seed2.1 Pro
ByteDance Seed · released 2026-07-13
textvisionvideo
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- Scores
- 26 · 2 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 19 only Claude Sonnet 4.5 · 25 only Seed2.1 Pro| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Seed2.1 Pro | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| MMMU-Pro (with tools) | 68.9% ↗ | 82.7% ↗ | -13.8 pt | Seed2.1 Pro |
| Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 reports · 19 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 83.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 84.2% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 17.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 (Verified) | 13.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 2.4% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 23.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval-AA | 1276 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | 33.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MCP Atlas | 43.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMMLU | 89.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMMU-Pro (no tools) | 63.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 77.8% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 30.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 71.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Tau2-bench Retail | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Tau2-bench Telecom | 98% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Seed2.1 Pro reports · 25 | ||||
| Agent Startup Bench | not reported | 68.8% ↗ | — | — |
| BabyVision | not reported | 73.7% ↗ | — | — |
| BeyondAIME | not reported | 87% ↗ | — | — |
| CharXiv-RQ | not reported | 85.4% ↗ | — | — |
| CharXiv-RQ (with tools) | not reported | 86.4% ↗ | — | — |
| ERQA | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
| KINA | not reported | 48.3% ↗ | — | — |
| MathVision | not reported | 92.6% ↗ | — | — |
| MathVision (with tools) | not reported | 94.5% ↗ | — | — |
| Minerva Video Reasoning | not reported | 70.7% ↗ | — | — |
| MMLongBench 128K | not reported | 78.3% ↗ | — | — |
| MMMU-Pro | not reported | 81.6% ↗ | — | — |
| NL2Repo-Bench | not reported | 47% ↗ | — | — |
| OVOBench | not reported | 80.7% ↗ | — | — |
| SuperGPQA | not reported | 70.8% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-Atlas | not reported | 35.2% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 71% ↗ | — | — |
| TOMATO | not reported | 79.5% ↗ | — | — |
| VideoMME | not reported | 89.2% ↗ | — | — |
| VideoSimpleQA | not reported | 76.4% ↗ | — | — |
| Workspace Bench | not reported | 53% ↗ | — | — |
| WorldVQA | not reported | 53% ↗ | — | — |
| xDailyBench | not reported | 61% ↗ | — | — |
| ZEROBench | not reported | 18% ↗ | — | — |
| ZEROBench (with tools) | not reported | 22% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Sonnet 4.5 minus Seed2.1 Pro in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Seed2.1 Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | — | — |
| Max output | 64K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $3 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $15 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $18 | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision · video | Seed2.1 Pro |
| Released | 2025-09-29 | 2026-07-13 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 21 | 26 | — |
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