Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 vs Seed 2.0 Lite Comparison
Comparing Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 and Seed 2.0 Lite across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, LiveCodeBench v6), while Seed 2.0 Lite is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, SWE-Bench Verified).
Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 specifies output context (262,144 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Seed 2.0 Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 does not.
Seed 2.0 Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
Seed 2.0 Lite
License
Usage and distribution terms
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 is licensed under MIT, while Seed 2.0 Lite uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Seed 2.0 Lite was released on 2026-02-14.
Seed 2.0 Lite is 5 months newer than Kimi K2-Thinking-0905.
Sep 5, 2025
6 months ago
Feb 14, 2026
4 weeks ago
5mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Seed 2.0 Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-01-01, while Kimi K2-Thinking-0905's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Seed 2.0 Lite's training data extends to 2024-01-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Kimi K2-Thinking-0905's cutoff date.
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Jan 2024
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
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Seed 2.0 Lite
View detailsByteDance
Detailed Comparison
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