Seed-2.0-Code vs Seed-2.0-Lite

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

bytedance-seed · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$3.00
AA index
—
proprietary · 262.1K context
bytedance-seed · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.25
Output / 1M
$2.00
AA index
—
proprietary · 262.1K context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Seed-2.0-Code Seed-2.0-Lite
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 262,144 262,144
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $0.50 $0.25
API output price / 1M tokens $3.00 $2.00
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $3.50 $2.25
Cached input / 1M tokens — —
AA Intelligence Index — —
AA Coding Index — —
AA Agentic Index — —
Max output tokens 131,072 131,072
API providers 1 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

Seed-2.0-Code $3.50
Seed-2.0-Lite $2.25

Seed-2.0-Lite is 1.6× cheaper at list price.

Adjacent comparisons