--- title: "ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code — unrated, priced in this catalogue · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/models/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-code/ description: "ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code: $0.500/M in, $3.00/M out. No independent quality score in this catalogue — unrated, not ranked, not scored zero." --- # ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code — unrated, priced in this catalogue · Undominated.ai > ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code: $0.500/M in, $3.00/M out. No independent quality score in this catalogue — unrated, not ranked, not scored zero. [Check base rates for this workload](/check/bytedance-seed__seed-2.0-code/) [Cheaper alternatives](/alternatives/) [Family](/families/seed/) [Compare models](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=bytedance-seed%2Fseed-2.0-code) 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. MODEL PROOF # Seed-2.0-Code ByteDance · 12 Aug 2026 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic NOT INDEPENDENTLY RATED ## No independent LMArena score is published for this model. **$1.13** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Base context tier shown; inspect the complete context ladder below. Lifecycle: retirement date · 11 Nov 2026 Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) Independent LMArena score Not independently rated Context window 262.14K Maximum output 131.07K Input modalities text, image, video Output modalities text Published input price $0.500 / 1M tokens Published output price $3.00 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Context tiers Tiered by context Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from Seed: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.500 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $3.00 /M | | Cached input | Unknown /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | **The headline rate does not apply to a long-context workload.** Complete context ladder · 1 tier | More than 128,000 tokens | $1.00 /M in (2×) $6.00 /M out Unknown /M cached input Unknown /M cache write | | --- | --- | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. 1 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Seed seed/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M Unknown Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.500 | Output $3.00 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | ### Independent scores No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero. ### Capability | Context window | 262K | | --- | --- | | Max output | 131K | | Input modes | text, image, video | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | optional | | Open weights | Unknown | **Retirement scheduled for 2026-11-11.** Do not start new work on it. ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | unrated | Seed 2.0 Code is a model from ByteDance Seed optimized for agentic coding. It is suited for frontend development, multilingual programming tasks, and coding-agent workflows in tools such as Claude... ## Questions this page answers What does Seed-2.0-Code cost? $0.500/M in, $3.00/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does Seed-2.0-Code have an independent quality score? Seed-2.0-Code has no independent quality score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero. What beats Seed-2.0-Code? Seed-2.0-Code has no independent quality score. Unrated is not a score of zero. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Seed-2.0-Code? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. Does a missing score mean Seed-2.0-Code scored zero? Unrated is not a score of zero. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code. Balanced workload. Not independently rated. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related No independent quality score, so there is no dominator to name. 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