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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite benchmark

Name: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Alibaba) and ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite (bytedance-seed) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B wins on output price at $0.72/1M. ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite 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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Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo 1,425$0.72/1M out

bytedance-seed

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite). Preview until a second source matches.

$2/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (9)vsByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite (1)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 9W (90%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 1W (10%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,425vs—

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs—

LiveBench

64.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74%vs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 5WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

110 tok/svs—

Time to first token

180 msvs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$2/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.25/1M

Context window

131kvs262k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 1W

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Dimensional AdvantageQwen 2.5 Coder 32B 5/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

$1.28/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,425

EloHigh is better

—

Code Elo

High is better

1,495

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

64.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

65.2%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

74%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

180 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

110 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

+39%$0.18 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.25 / 1M

Out $

Low is better

+178%$0.72 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$2.00 / 1M

Context

High is better

131k

ContextHigh is better

262k+100%

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save up to 56% with Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

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)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$17.10 / mo

In: $6.3Out: $10.8

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite$38.75 / mo

In: $8.75Out: $30

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is estimated to save $21.65/month ($260/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B:Pick Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite 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	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

LiveBench64.8%

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed110 tok/s

Output cost$0.72/1M

bytedance-seed

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite?: 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, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite?: 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?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B output tokens are $0.72/1M versus $2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite accepts 262k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
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. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (9)vsByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite (1)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 9W (90%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 1W (10%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,425vs—

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs—

LiveBench

64.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74%vs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 5WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

110 tok/svs—

Time to first token

180 msvs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$2/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.25/1M

Context window

131kvs262k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite: 1W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite 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	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite?

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, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite?

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?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B output tokens are $0.72/1M versus $2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite accepts 262k tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

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. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.