Seed 2.0 Lite vs Trendyol Asure 12B vs Voxtral Mini 3B 2507
Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 73 to 61 and 54 on our weighted score, though Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 is 5× cheaper per token.
- 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
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 Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 (61) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 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 priceVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 $0.04 · 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 · Trendyol Asure 12B 131,072 · Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video · Trendyol Asure 12B: Text, Images · Voxtral Mini 3B 2507: Text, Audio
- Self-hostingTrendyol Asure 12B and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Gemma and Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Seed 2.0 Lite | Trendyol Asure 12B | Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 83 | 83 | 100 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 80 | 25 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 36 | 24 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 73/100 | 54/100 | 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 | Seed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed | Trendyol Asure 12BTrendyol | Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Mistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.089 | $0.10 | $0.04 (best) |
| Output | $0.534 | $0.50 | $0.04 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.018 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.04 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Over 32K: $0.134 / $0.802 | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Volcengine Ark API | Median of 1 providers | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 256,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 32,000 tokens | — | 32,768 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | Yes |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | No | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenGemma | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428 | — | — |
| API providers | 6 (best) | 1 | 2 |
| Released | Feb 14, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
- Trendyol Asure 12B$2.00
- Voxtral Mini 3B 2507$0.48
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Seed 2.0 Lite, Trendyol Asure 12B or Voxtral Mini 3B 2507?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 (61) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 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, Seed 2.0 Lite, Trendyol Asure 12B 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). 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 $0.04 per million tokens for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 versus $0.20 for Trendyol Asure 12B (5× 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. Seed 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet, Trendyol Asure 12B 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 Seed 2.0 Lite, Trendyol Asure 12B and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 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 Trendyol Asure 12B and 32,768 for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507. Maximum output per response: 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?
Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video; Trendyol Asure 12B accepts text and images; Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 accepts text and audio. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Trendyol Asure 12B and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 publishes its weights (Gemma and Apache 2.0) 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; 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.
