--- title: "ByteDance Seed collection — distinct SKUs · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/families/seed/ description: "Seed Pro, Lite and related rows retain their own checkpoint and endpoint evidence. A vendor’s upgraded model description does not automatically update every reseller endpoint." --- # ByteDance Seed collection — distinct SKUs · Undominated.ai > Seed Pro, Lite and related rows retain their own checkpoint and endpoint evidence. A vendor’s upgraded model description does not automatically update every reseller endpoint. ByteDance / lineage # ByteDance Seed collection Seed Pro, Lite and related rows retain their own checkpoint and endpoint evidence. A vendor’s upgraded model description does not automatically update every reseller endpoint. Family research reviewed 2026-09-22 · Official source notes below Standard models 6 Independently rated 0 / 6 Known token rates 6 / 6 Global balanced frontier 0 [Compare the members ↓](#members)[Read source notes](#source-notes)[All families](https://undominated.ai/families/) [Compare models](https://undominated.ai/compare/) Comparison context Choose up to three standard models in Compare. Requirements and prompt length apply in Compare. This page keeps its stated price basis and workload controls. This collection organises accepted catalogue identities. It does not certify equal weights, a shared licence, benchmark equivalence or current availability on every serving platform. ## Compare exact catalogue rows USD per 1M tokens. In / out are listed base rates; expand billing conditions before planning a request. LMArena scores measure the general preference board, not success on your engineering task. Unknown stays unknown. ### Catalogue members | Model | LMArena | Input / output $/M | Context / max output | Capabilities & conditions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Seed 2.1 Turbo](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2-1-turbo/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/bytedance-seed__seed-2-1-turbo/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-2-1-turbo) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2-1-turbo/) bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo | Unrated | $0.500 / $2.50 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 235,929 | text · image · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown Released 2026-08-12 | | [Seed-2.0-Code](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-code/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-code/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-2.0-code) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-code/) bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-code | Unrated | $0.500 / $3.00 Context tiers apply Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Above 128,000 input tokens: $1.00 in / $6.00 out; cached unknown. Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 131,072 | text · image · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown · lifecycle date 2026-11-11 Released 2026-08-12 | | [Seed-2.0-Lite](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-lite/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-lite/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-2.0-lite) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-lite/) bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite | Unrated | $0.250 / $2.00 Context tiers apply Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Above 128,000 input tokens: $0.500 in / $4.00 out; cached unknown. Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 131,072 | text · image · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown Released 2026-03-10 | | [Seed-2.0-Mini](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-mini/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-mini/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-2.0-mini) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-mini/) bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini | Unrated | $0.100 / $0.400 Context tiers apply Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Above 128,000 input tokens: $0.200 in / $0.800 out; cached unknown. Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 131,072 | text · image · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown Released 2026-02-26 | | [Seed 1.6 Flash](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-1.6-flash/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/bytedance-seed__seed-1.6-flash/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-1.6-flash) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-1.6-flash/) bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash | Unrated | $0.075 / $0.300 Context tiers apply Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Above 128,000 input tokens: $0.100 in / $0.800 out; cached unknown. Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 32,768 | image · text · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown · lifecycle date 2026-11-11 Released 2025-12-23 | | [Seed 1.6](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-1.6/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/bytedance-seed__seed-1.6/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-1.6) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-1.6/) bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 | Unrated | $0.250 / $2.00 Context tiers apply Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Above 128,000 input tokens: $0.500 in / $4.00 out; cached unknown. Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 32,768 | image · text · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown · lifecycle date 2026-11-11 Released 2025-12-23 | ## Sources and scope - [ByteDance Seed 2.0 ↗](https://seed.bytedance.com/en/seed2) Vendor family role and modality description Checked 2026-09-22 · official search-index evidence inspected Source review does not refresh a price or transplant a benchmark score. [Read the method](https://undominated.ai/methodology/) and [correction policy](https://undominated.ai/corrections/). ## Questions this page answers Are the ByteDance Seed collection models interchangeable? No. These are exact catalogue rows with separate capability, pricing and rating evidence. Compare the checkpoint, serving endpoint, reasoning settings and required input types. A family name does not establish equivalent behaviour. How many ByteDance rows are compared here? 6 standard rows, of which 0 have an accepted LMArena general score and 6 have known input and output token rates. 0 related free or batch variants are listed separately. What do the prices and frontier counts mean? Prices below are listed US dollars per million input or output tokens, before request-specific context tiers and other billing dimensions. The frontier count comes from the global balanced view. Neither a family price range nor a benchmark difference proves your task will be cheaper or more successful. How current are the official notes? The linked family research was reviewed 2026-09-22. That date is separate from each accepted catalogue observation and each vendor’s effective date. An official note applies to its named platform, not automatically to every reseller. ## Continue your investigation - [Compare exact models](/compare/) - [Inspect model evidence](/models/) - [Check lifecycle notices](/deprecations/) - [Estimate local capacity](/self-host/)