Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) vs Doubao Seed Code

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Alibaba, ByteDance Seed

Most Affordable
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Doubao Seed Code
$0.17/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)
79.0% GPQA
Best for Coding
ByteDance Seed logo
Doubao Seed Code
47.4 Coding Index
Price Difference
4.1x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)

5
  • GPQA
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • MATH 500
  • AIME 2025
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Doubao Seed Code

1
  • MMLU Pro
Metric
Alibaba logo Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)
Alibaba
ByteDance Seed logo Doubao Seed Code
ByteDance Seed
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.70/1M $0.17/1M
Output Cost $8.40/1M $1.12/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$2.63/1M $0.41/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Alibaba ByteDance Seed
Release Date Launch date
Jul 25, 2025 Nov 11, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
82.6 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
1136ms
Latency Time to first answer token
25354ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
57.5 57.1
Coding Index Programming ability
44.6 47.4
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
91.0 79.3
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
79.0% 76.4%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
84.3% 85.4%
HLE Hard language evaluation
15.0% 13.3%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
78.8% 76.6%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
98.4%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
91.0% 79.3%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
94.0%
SciCode Scientific code generation
42.4% 40.7%
LCR Code review capability
67.0% 65.3%
IFBench Instruction-following
51.2% 51.4%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
53.2% 58.2%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
12.8% 24.8%

Key Takeaways

Doubao Seed Code offers the best value at $0.17/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 79.0% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Doubao Seed Code achieves a 47.4 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
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Doubao Seed Code

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

Alibaba logo Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)
$0.00
per month
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$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.