Seed-2.0-Lite vs Mistral Small 4

Compare Seed-2.0-Lite from bytedance-seed and Mistral Small 4 from Mistral AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

Seed-2.0-Lite vs Mistral Small 4: side-by-side summary

Seed-2.0-Lite and Mistral Small 4 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Seed-2.0-Lite, from bytedance-seed, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Mistral Small 4, from Mistral AI, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

Seed-2.0-Lite: 262,144 tokens
Mistral Small 4: 262,144 tokens

Price

Seed-2.0-Lite: $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output
Mistral Small 4: $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output

Provided by

Seed-2.0-Lite: bytedance-seed
Mistral Small 4: Mistral AI

Seed-2.0-Lite vs Mistral Small 4 at a glance

Seed-2.0-Lite vs Mistral Small 4 comparison
Attribute	Seed-2.0-Lite	Mistral Small 4
Input price	$0.25/M tokens	$0.15/M tokens
Output price	$2/M tokens	$0.60/M tokens
Context window	262,144 tokens	262,144 tokens
Intelligence Index	Not available	9.0
Coding Index	Not available	Not available
Agentic Index	Not available	Not available
Latency (p50)	1.60 s	0.49 s
Throughput (p50)	41.0 tok/s	105.0 tok/s

Benchmark data updated Oct 5, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which has the longer context window, Seed-2.0-Lite or Mistral Small 4?

Seed-2.0-Lite and Mistral Small 4 have the same context window of 262,144 tokens.

Which is faster, Seed-2.0-Lite or Mistral Small 4?

Mistral Small 4 is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 105.0 tokens per second compared with 41.0 tokens per second for Seed-2.0-Lite.

Seed-2.0-Lite vs Mistral Small 4

Seed-2.0-Lite vs Mistral Small 4

Overview