Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
20.70
Total cost
$1501
ByteDance SeedSeed-OSS-36B-InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.10
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)Seed-OSS-36B-InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.712.1−41.5% Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is 41.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,501.22Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)20.84s65.70s+215.3% Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is 215.3% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.21 / $0.57
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