Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Seed-1.8 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5.2 Codex is a coding-specialized variant from the GPT-5.2 family, designed for software engineering workflows including automated code generation, multi-file editing, and agentic development. It builds on GPT-5.2's improved instruction following and long-context capabilities, with optimizations specifically targeting programming tasks and agentic software workflows.
ByteDance
Seed-1.8, developed by ByteDance Seed, is a generalized agentic large language model supporting text and image input, with industry-leading GUI agent capabilities and improvements in multimodal reasoning over its predecessor Seed1.5-VL. It targets information retrieval, code generation, GUI interaction, and complex agentic workflows requiring robust multimodal understanding.
27 days newer
Seed-1.8
ByteDance
2025-12-18

GPT-5.2 Codex
OpenAI
2026-01-14
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.2 Codex
Seed-1.8
GPT-5.2 Codex
Seed-1.8