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Seed OSS 36B Instruct vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed OSS 36B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Seed OSS 36B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Seed OSS 36B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureSeed OSS 36B InstructGemini 3 Pro Preview
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertySeed OSS 36B InstructGemini 3 Pro Preview
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorBytedance-seedGoogle
ReleasedUnknownNov 2025

Seed OSS 36B Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Seed OSS 36B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.90/M tokens. Seed OSS 36B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 39.4, compared to Seed OSS 36B Instruct's score of 16.7.
Seed OSS 36B Instruct has a 262,000 token context window, while Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Seed OSS 36B Instruct does not support vision. Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision.

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