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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

LongCat-2.0 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed vs Seed Evolving

Seed Evolving comes out ahead, 50 to 45 and 43 on our weighted score, though LongCat-2.0 is 27% cheaper per token.

  1. Meituan (LongCat)

    LongCat-2.0

    Released Jun 30, 2026

    45/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.75 / $2.95
    • Context1M
  2. Xiaomi

    MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed

    Released Jun 8, 2026Beta

    43/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$1.30 / $2.61
    • Context1.05M
  3. Our pick

    ByteDance Seed

    Seed Evolving

    Released Jun 23, 2026

    50/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.891 / $4.45
    • Context256K
01 — Verdict

Seed Evolving is our pick

Seed Evolving is the better all-round choice, scoring 50/100 against LongCat-2.0 (45) and MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed (43). It leads on inputs & features. LongCat-2.0 wins on price. 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 priceLongCat-2.0LongCat-2.0 $1.30 · MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed $1.63 · Seed Evolving $1.78 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeedMiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed 1,048,576 · LongCat-2.0 1,000,000 · Seed Evolving 256,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSeed EvolvingLongCat-2.0: Text · MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: Text · Seed Evolving: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingMiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeedPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightLongCat-2.0MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeedSeed Evolving
Price50%444038
Inputs & features30%353580
Context window20%606136
Overall100%45/10043/10050/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

LongCat-2.0 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed vs Seed Evolving specifications side by side
SpecificationLongCat-2.0Meituan (LongCat)MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomiSeed EvolvingByteDance Seed
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.75 (best)$1.30$0.891
Output$2.95$2.61 (best)$4.45
Cached input$0.015$0.011 (best)$0.178
Blended (3:1)$1.30 (best)$1.63$1.78
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial LongCat APIOfficial Xiaomi APIOfficial Volcengine Ark API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)256,000 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens131,072 tokens256,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoYes
ReasoningYesYesYesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenProprietary
API model IDLongCat-2.0mimo-v2.5-pro-ultraspeeddoubao-seed-evolving
API providers5 (best)12
ReleasedJun 30, 2026Jun 8, 2026Jun 23, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—Dec 2024—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • LongCat-2.0$13.40
  • MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed$18.27
  • Seed Evolving$17.81
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: LongCat-2.0, MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed or Seed Evolving?

Seed Evolving is the better all-round choice, scoring 50/100 against LongCat-2.0 (45) and MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed (43). It leads on inputs & features. LongCat-2.0 wins on price. 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, LongCat-2.0, MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed or Seed Evolving?

LongCat-2.0 is cheaper at $0.75 input / $2.95 output per million tokens (official LongCat API price). MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed costs $1.30 input / $2.61 output per million tokens (official Xiaomi API price); Seed Evolving costs $0.891 input / $4.45 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.30 per million tokens for LongCat-2.0 versus $1.63 for MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed (1.3× as much) and $1.78 for Seed Evolving (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. LongCat-2.0 has not been scored yet, MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed has not been scored yet and Seed Evolving has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for LongCat-2.0, MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed and Seed Evolving 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?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for LongCat-2.0 and 256,000 for Seed Evolving. Maximum output per response: LongCat-2.0 up to 131,072, MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed up to 131,072, Seed Evolving up to 256,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

LongCat-2.0 accepts text; MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed accepts text; Seed Evolving accepts text, images and video. Seed Evolving handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; LongCat-2.0 and Seed Evolving is proprietary.

Which is newer?

LongCat-2.0 is the newest, released Jun 30, 2026. Seed Evolving came out Jun 23, 2026; MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed came out Jun 8, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed Dec 2024.

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.