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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 benchmark

Name: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct is more budget-friendly at $1/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Executive Verdict Summary

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructTop code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructTop logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructLowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (1)ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 (2)

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

1 of 3 Wins

✓Output price

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

2 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Context window

Alibaba

Leads 1 of 3

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo 1,425In: $0.66 · Out: $1/1M

bytedance-seed

Leads 2 of 3

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (bytedance-seed/seed-1.6). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.25 · Out: $2/1M

Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct Wins

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

$1 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (5)vsByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 (2)

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 5W (71%)ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6: 2W (29%)

← Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 →

🏆Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct Leads(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructvsByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Preference Elo

1,425vs—

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs—

LiveBench

64.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

—vs—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 4WByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6: 0W

Tied (0-0)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructvsByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Output speed

—vs—

Time to first token

—vs—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 0WByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6: 0W

🏆ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructvsByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Output price

$1/1Mvs$2/1M+$1/1M

Input price

$0.66/1Mvs$0.25/1M+$0.41/1M

Context window

33kvs262k+229k

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 1WByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Preference Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,425

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

Coding Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,495

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

LiveBench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct64.8%

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

SWE-bench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct65.2%

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

Input priceByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 +$0.41/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.66/1M

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6$0.25/1M

Output priceQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct +$1/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$1/1M

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6$2/1M

Context windowByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 +229k

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct33k

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6262k

Benchmark	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,425 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,495 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	64.8% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	65.2% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.66/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.25/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.41/1M
Output price	$1/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$2/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$1/1M
Context window	33k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	262k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+229k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 2% with Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

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

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

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$38.10 / mo

In: $23.1Out: $15

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6$38.75 / mo

In: $8.75Out: $30

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct is estimated to save $0.65/month ($8/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct:Pick Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Lower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Elo 1,425

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed (tok/s)33k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.66/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1/1M

bytedance-seed

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)262k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.25/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?: 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, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?: 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?: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct output tokens are $1/1M versus $2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 accepts 262k tokens versus 33k.
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. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Preference Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,425

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

Coding Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,495

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

LiveBench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct64.8%

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

SWE-bench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct65.2%

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6—

Input priceByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 +$0.41/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.66/1M

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6$0.25/1M

Output priceQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct +$1/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$1/1M

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6$2/1M

Context windowByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 +229k

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct33k

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6262k

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,425

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

Coding Elo

1,495

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

64.8%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

65.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

Input price

$0.66/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0.25/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.41/1M

Output price

$1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$2/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$1/1M

Context window

33k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

262k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+229k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Lower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?

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, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?

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?

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct output tokens are $1/1M versus $2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 accepts 262k tokens versus 33k.

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. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.