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Codestral 25.01 vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini benchmark

Name: Codestral 25.01 vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Codestral 25.01 (Mistral) and ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini (bytedance-seed) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini wins on output price at $0.4/1M. ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini has the larger context window (262k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Mistral

Codestral 25.01

Mistral code-specialist model.

Elo 1,320$0.9/1M out

bytedance-seed

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

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$0.39999999999999997/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Codestral 25.01 (7)vsByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini (3)

Codestral 25.01: 7W (70%)Overall: Codestral 25.01ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 3W (30%)

← Codestral 25.01ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini →

Codestral 25.01 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,320vs—

Coding Elo

1,402vs—

SWE-bench

51.8%vs—

LiveBench

54%vs—

GPQA Diamond

58.4%vs—

Codestral 25.01: 5WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 0W

Codestral 25.01 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

148 tok/svs—

Time to first token

150 msvs—

Codestral 25.01: 2WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 0W

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.9/1Mvs$0.4/1M

Input price

$0.3/1Mvs$0.1/1M

Context window

256kvs262k

Codestral 25.01: 0WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageCodestral 25.01 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

$0.50/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,320

EloHigh is better

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Code Elo

High is better

1,402

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

54%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

51.8%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

58.4%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

150 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

148 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$0.3/1M

In $Low is better

$0.1/1M+200%

Out $

Low is better

$0.9/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.4/1M+125%

Context

High is better

256k

ContextHigh is better

262k+2%

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 60% with ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Codestral 25.01$24.00 / mo

In: $10.50Out: $13.50

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini$9.50 / mo

In: $3.50Out: $6.00

Estimated Cost Delta

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini is estimated to save $14.50/month ($174/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini:Pick ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Mistral

Codestral 25.01

Elo 1,320

LiveBench54%

SWE-bench51.8%

Speed148 tok/s

Output cost$0.9/1M

bytedance-seed

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.4/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Codestral 25.01 or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Codestral 25.01 or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $0.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Codestral 25.01 or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini accepts 262k tokens versus 256k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Codestral 25.01 and ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Codestral 25.01 vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Codestral 25.01 (7)vsByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini (3)

Codestral 25.01: 7W (70%)Overall: Codestral 25.01ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 3W (30%)

← Codestral 25.01ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini →

Codestral 25.01 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,320vs—

Coding Elo

1,402vs—

SWE-bench

51.8%vs—

LiveBench

54%vs—

GPQA Diamond

58.4%vs—

Codestral 25.01: 5WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 0W

Codestral 25.01 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

148 tok/svs—

Time to first token

150 msvs—

Codestral 25.01: 2WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 0W

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.9/1Mvs$0.4/1M

Input price

$0.3/1Mvs$0.1/1M

Context window

256kvs262k

Codestral 25.01: 0WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Codestral 25.01 or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Codestral 25.01 or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $0.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Codestral 25.01 or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini accepts 262k tokens versus 256k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Codestral 25.01 and ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini

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Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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