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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Trendyol Asure 12B vs MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed vs Seed 2.0 Lite

Seed 2.0 Lite comes out ahead, 73 to 54 and 41 on our weighted score.

  1. Trendyol

    Trendyol Asure 12B

    Released Feb 19, 2026

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

    MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed

    Released Feb 13, 2026

    41/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.60 / $2.40
    • Context205K
  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 Trendyol Asure 12B (54) and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (41). 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 priceTrendyol Asure 12BTrendyol Asure 12B $0.20 · Seed 2.0 Lite $0.20 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed $1.05 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Lite 256,000 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 204,800 · Trendyol Asure 12B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteTrendyol Asure 12B: Text, Images · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: Text · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingTrendyol Asure 12B and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeedPublishes downloadable weights (Gemma)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightTrendyol Asure 12BMiniMax-M2.5-highspeedSeed 2.0 Lite
Price50%834983
Inputs & features30%253580
Context window20%243236
Overall100%54/10041/10073/100

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 MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed vs Seed 2.0 Lite specifications side by side
SpecificationTrendyol Asure 12BTrendyolMiniMax-M2.5-highspeedMiniMaxSeed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.10$0.60$0.089 (best)
Output$0.50 (best)$2.40$0.534
Cached input—$0.06$0.018 (best)
Blended (3:1)$0.20 (best)$1.05$0.20
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateOver 32K: $0.134 / $0.802
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersOfficial MiniMax (minimax.io) APIOfficial Volcengine Ark API
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens204,800 tokens256,000 tokens (best)
Max output—131,072 tokens (best)32,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoYes
ReasoningNoYesYesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingNoYesYes
Structured outputNoNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenGemmaOpenProprietary
API model ID—MiniMax-M2.5-highspeeddoubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428
API providers17 (best)6
ReleasedFeb 19, 2026Feb 13, 2026Feb 14, 2026
Knowledge cutoff———
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
  • MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed$10.80
  • Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Trendyol Asure 12B, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed or Seed 2.0 Lite?

Seed 2.0 Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Trendyol Asure 12B (54) and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (41). 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, Trendyol Asure 12B, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed or Seed 2.0 Lite?

Trendyol Asure 12B is cheaper at $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); MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed costs $0.60 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Trendyol Asure 12B versus $0.20 for Seed 2.0 Lite (1× as much) and $1.05 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (5.3× 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, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed has not been scored yet 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, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 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 204,800 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed and 131,072 for Trendyol Asure 12B. Maximum output per response: MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed up to 131,072, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Trendyol Asure 12B accepts text and images; MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 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 MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 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; MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed came out Feb 13, 2026.

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.