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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Trendyol Asure 12B vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs Seed 2.0 Lite

Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 73 to 56 and 54 on our weighted score, though Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is 22% cheaper per token.

  1. Trendyol

    Trendyol Asure 12B

    Released Feb 19, 2026

    54/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.50
    • Context131K
  2. Meta

    Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

    Released Jul 23, 2024

    56/100
    • ECI116.6
    • Price$0.152 / $0.167
    • Context128K
  3. Our pick

    ByteDance Seed

    Seed 2.0 Lite

    Released Feb 14, 2026

    73/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.089 / $0.534
    • Context256K
01 — Verdict

Seed 2.0 Lite is our pick

Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (56) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Llama-3.1-8B-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 priceLlama-3.1-8B-InstructLlama-3.1-8B-Instruct $0.156 · 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 · Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteTrendyol Asure 12B: Text, Images · Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct: Text · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingTrendyol Asure 12B and Llama-3.1-8B-InstructPublishes downloadable weights (Gemma)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightTrendyol Asure 12BLlama-3.1-8B-InstructSeed 2.0 Lite
Price50%838883
Inputs & features30%252580
Context window20%242436
Overall100%54/10056/10073/100

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.

Trendyol Asure 12B vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs Seed 2.0 Lite specifications side by side
SpecificationTrendyol Asure 12BTrendyolLlama-3.1-8B-InstructMetaSeed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—116.6—
ECI rank—#145 of 148—
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—27.0%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—1.7%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.10$0.152$0.089 (best)
Output$0.50$0.167 (best)$0.534
Cached input——$0.018
Blended (3:1)$0.20$0.156 (best)$0.20
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateOver 32K: $0.134 / $0.802
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersMedian of 9 providersOfficial Volcengine Ark API
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens128,000 tokens256,000 tokens (best)
Max output—4,096 tokens32,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoYes
ReasoningNoNoYesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingNoYesYes
Structured outputNoNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenGemmaOpenProprietary
API model ID——doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428
API providers19 (best)6
ReleasedFeb 19, 2026Jul 23, 2024Feb 14, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—Dec 2023—
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.

  • Trendyol Asure 12B$2.00
  • Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct$1.85
  • Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Trendyol Asure 12B, Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct or Seed 2.0 Lite?

Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (56) and Trendyol Asure 12B (54). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Llama-3.1-8B-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, Trendyol Asure 12B, Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct or Seed 2.0 Lite?

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper at $0.152 input / $0.167 output per million tokens (median across 9 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 $0.156 per million tokens for Llama-3.1-8B-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. Trendyol Asure 12B has not been scored yet, Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct has an ECI of 116.6 and Seed 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Trendyol Asure 12B, Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and Seed 2.0 Lite 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 128,000 for Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. Maximum output per response: Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct up to 4,096, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Trendyol Asure 12B accepts text and images; Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct accepts text; Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Trendyol Asure 12B and Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct publishes its weights (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; Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct came out Jul 23, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct Dec 2023.

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.