Ministral 8B Instruct vs Seed 2.0 Lite vs Trendyol Asure 12B
Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 73 to 57 and 54 on our weighted score, though Ministral 8B Instruct is 25% cheaper per token.
Mistral AIMinistral 8B Instruct
57/100- ECI—
- Price$0.15 / $0.15
- Context131K
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 2.0 Lite
73/100- ECI—
- Price$0.089 / $0.534
- Context256K
Trendyol
Trendyol Asure 12B
54/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.50
- Context131K
Seed 2.0 Lite is our pick
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Ministral 8B Instruct (57) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Ministral 8B Instruct 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 priceMinistral 8B InstructMinistral 8B Instruct $0.15 · Trendyol Asure 12B $0.20 · Seed 2.0 Lite $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Lite 256,000 · Ministral 8B Instruct 131,072 · Trendyol Asure 12B 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteMinistral 8B Instruct: Text · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video · Trendyol Asure 12B: Text, Images
- Self-hostingMinistral 8B Instruct and Trendyol Asure 12BPublishes downloadable weights (Mistral Research License and Gemma)
| Measure | Weight | Ministral 8B Instruct | Seed 2.0 Lite | Trendyol Asure 12B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 89 | 83 | 83 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 25 | 80 | 25 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 36 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 57/100 | 73/100 | 54/100 |
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 | Ministral 8B InstructMistral AI | Seed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed | Trendyol Asure 12BTrendyol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 27.2% | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.15 | $0.089 (best) | $0.10 |
| Output | $0.15 (best) | $0.534 | $0.50 |
| Cached input | — | $0.018 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.15 (best) | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| 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 1 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 256,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 32,000 tokens (best) | — |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenMistral Research License | Proprietary | OpenGemma |
| API model ID | — | doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428 | — |
| API providers | 1 | 6 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Oct 16, 2024 | Feb 14, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Ministral 8B Instruct$1.80
- Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
- Trendyol Asure 12B$2.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Ministral 8B Instruct, Seed 2.0 Lite or Trendyol Asure 12B?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Ministral 8B Instruct (57) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Ministral 8B Instruct 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, Ministral 8B Instruct, Seed 2.0 Lite or Trendyol Asure 12B?
Ministral 8B Instruct is cheaper at $0.15 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Trendyol Asure 12B costs $0.10 input / $0.50 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 $0.15 per million tokens for Ministral 8B Instruct versus $0.20 for Trendyol Asure 12B (1.3× as much) and $0.20 for Seed 2.0 Lite (1.3× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Ministral 8B Instruct has not been scored yet, Seed 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet and Trendyol Asure 12B has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Ministral 8B Instruct, Seed 2.0 Lite and Trendyol Asure 12B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Trendyol Asure 12B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Seed 2.0 Lite has the largest context window at 256,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Ministral 8B Instruct and 131,072 for Trendyol Asure 12B. Maximum output per response: Ministral 8B Instruct up to 8,192, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Ministral 8B Instruct accepts text; Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video; Trendyol Asure 12B accepts text and images. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Ministral 8B Instruct and Trendyol Asure 12B publishes its weights (Mistral Research License and Gemma) and can be self-hosted; Seed 2.0 Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Trendyol Asure 12B is the newest, released Feb 19, 2026. Seed 2.0 Lite came out Feb 14, 2026; Ministral 8B Instruct came out Oct 16, 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.
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