ByteDance model product
Seed 2.0 Lite
ByteDance's balanced general-purpose agent model that optimizes output quality and response speed.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Seed 2.0 Lite
LLMBoard Score53.3Seed 2.0 Lite
Coverage60%5 benchmark families
Context window256KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Seed 2.0 Lite Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Seed 2.0 Lite Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Seed 2.0 Lite.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkAIME 2026 | Score88.3% | Rank17 | Participants21 | Percentile20.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench v6 | Score81.7% | Rank18 | Participants56 | Percentile69.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2025 | Score93.0% | Rank32 | Participants115 | Percentile72.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score73.5% | Rank45 | Participants111 | Percentile60.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score85.1% | Rank57 | Participants239 | Percentile76.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Seed 2.0 Lite Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Seed 2.0 Lite Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- From $0.13 input, $0.76 output per 1M via Ofox
- Tracked offerings
- 6
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderOfox | Provider model IDvolcengine/doubao-seed-2.0-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.13 | Output / 1M$0.76 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderNanoGPT | Provider model IDbytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.25 | Output / 1M$2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDbytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.25 | Output / 1M$2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderMerge Gateway | Provider model IDbytedance/dola-seed-2.0-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.25 | Output / 1M$2 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderKilo Gateway | Provider model IDbytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.25 | Output / 1M$2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderEmpirioLabs AI | Provider model IDseed-2-0-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.31 | Output / 1M$2.5 | Context256K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Seed 2.0 Lite Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Seed 2.0 Lite. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
Browse runtime rankingsNo provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Seed 2.0 Lite Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Seed 2.0 Lite
- Released
- Feb 14, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 1, 2024
- Parameters
- N/A
- Context window
- 256K
- Max output
- 32K
- Inputs
- image, text, video
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Proprietary
Seed 2.0 Lite Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionSeed 2.0 Lite | Released | LLMBoard53.3 | ParametersN/A | Context256K | Max output32K | Open weightsNo | LicenseProprietary |
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What is Seed 2.0 Lite?
Key information about Seed 2.0 Lite and its available data.
ByteDance's balanced general-purpose agent model that optimizes output quality and response speed. 0 series with multimodal understanding (text, image, video), strong reasoning, and coding capabilities. 8 model.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Seed 2.0 Lite.
When was Seed 2.0 Lite released?
Seed 2.0 Lite's default version was released on Feb 14, 2026.
How much does Seed 2.0 Lite cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Seed 2.0 Lite. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.13 input and $0.76 output via Ofox.
Who created Seed 2.0 Lite?
Seed 2.0 Lite was created by ByteDance.
What is the context window for Seed 2.0 Lite?
The default version has a 256K token context window.
Is Seed 2.0 Lite open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Seed 2.0 Lite?
6 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Seed 2.0 Lite with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include GPT-5.5-Instant, Grok 4 Fast, MiniMax M2.1.