Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Doubao Seed Code
Wins 2 of 7 areas
Agents · Facts
Wins 5 of 7 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Doubao Seed Code is the stronger all-rounder.Claude 3.7 Sonnet is better at facts.
Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking01Doubao Seed Code1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- CodingWriting and fixing software01Doubao Seed Code1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video01Doubao Seed Code1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Doubao Seed Code1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Doubao Seed Code1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
Agents, images and charts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Doubao Seed Code pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+20points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+8points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+5.3points ahead
Where Claude 3.7 Sonnet pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+40points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+3.1points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+3.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingDoubao Seed Code
- Terminal-Bench HardDoubao Seed Code by 5.321.226.5+5.3
- SciCodetie40.340.7tie
ReasoningDoubao Seed Code
- Humanity's Last ExamDoubao Seed Code by 4.49.714.1+4.4
- GPQA Diamondtie77.276.4tie
- CritPttie0.90.3tie
FactsClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 406020+40
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 3.12824.9+3.1
Images and chartsDoubao Seed Code
- MMMU-ProDoubao Seed Code by 860.168.1+8
Following instructionsDoubao Seed Code
- IFBenchDoubao Seed Code by 3.148.351.4+3.1
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 34.5-0.7-35.2+34.5
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 5.136.431.3+5.1
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Doubao Seed Code by 3.554.758.2+3.5
- AA Intelligencetie17.716.9tie
- AA Agentic Indextie3736.4tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Doubao Seed Code?
Doubao Seed Code wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Doubao Seed Code. It wins 1 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins none, and 1 is a tie.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 11 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.