Granite-4.0-H-Micro vs Seed 2.0 Lite vs Voxtral Mini 3B 2507
Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 73 to 65 and 61 on our weighted score, though Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 is 5× cheaper per token.
IBMGranite-4.0-H-Micro
65/100- ECI—
- Price$0.017 / $0.112
- Context131K
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 2.0 Lite
73/100- ECI—
- Price$0.089 / $0.534
- Context256K
Mistral AIVoxtral Mini 3B 2507
61/100- ECI—
- Price$0.04 / $0.04
- Context33K
Seed 2.0 Lite is our pick
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Granite-4.0-H-Micro (65) and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 (61). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 $0.04 · Granite-4.0-H-Micro $0.041 · Seed 2.0 Lite $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Lite 256,000 · Granite-4.0-H-Micro 131,072 · Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteGranite-4.0-H-Micro: Text · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video · Voxtral Mini 3B 2507: Text, Audio
- Self-hostingGranite-4.0-H-Micro and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Granite-4.0-H-Micro | Seed 2.0 Lite | Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 100 | 83 | 100 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 80 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 36 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 65/100 | 73/100 | 61/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Granite-4.0-H-MicroIBM | Seed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed | Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Mistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.017 (best) | $0.089 | $0.04 |
| Output | $0.112 | $0.534 | $0.04 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $0.018 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.041 | $0.20 | $0.04 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 32K: $0.134 / $0.802 | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Official Volcengine Ark API | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 256,000 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens (best) | 32,000 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | Yes |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | — | doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428 | — |
| API providers | 1 | 6 (best) | 2 |
| Released | Oct 2, 2025 | Feb 14, 2026 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Granite-4.0-H-Micro$0.394
- Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
- Voxtral Mini 3B 2507$0.48
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Granite-4.0-H-Micro, Seed 2.0 Lite or Voxtral Mini 3B 2507?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Granite-4.0-H-Micro (65) and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 (61). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Granite-4.0-H-Micro, Seed 2.0 Lite or Voxtral Mini 3B 2507?
Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 is cheaper at $0.04 input / $0.04 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Granite-4.0-H-Micro costs $0.017 input / $0.112 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Seed 2.0 Lite costs $0.089 input / $0.534 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.04 per million tokens for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 versus $0.041 for Granite-4.0-H-Micro (1× as much) and $0.20 for Seed 2.0 Lite (5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Granite-4.0-H-Micro has not been scored yet, Seed 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Granite-4.0-H-Micro, Seed 2.0 Lite and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Seed 2.0 Lite has the largest context window at 256,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Granite-4.0-H-Micro and 32,768 for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507. Maximum output per response: Granite-4.0-H-Micro up to 131,072, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000, Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Granite-4.0-H-Micro accepts text; Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video; Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 accepts text and audio. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Granite-4.0-H-Micro and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Seed 2.0 Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the newest, released Feb 14, 2026. Granite-4.0-H-Micro came out Oct 2, 2025; Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 came out Jul 15, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
