ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | bytedance-seed | bytedance-seed |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.25/M | $0.10/M |
| Output Price | $2.00/M | $0.40/M |
| Context Window | 262,144 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 131,072 | 131,072 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Seed-2.0-Mini costs $0.20 and Seed-2.0-Lite costs $0.75, so Seed-2.0-Mini is about 3.8 times cheaper for the same work.
Both read up to 262,144 tokens at once, roughly 393 pages of text.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Seed-2.0-Mini on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Seed-2.0-Lite was released in March 2026 and Seed-2.0-Mini in February 2026.
Pick Seed-2.0-Mini if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 131 | 131 |
| Code Completion | 128 | 129 |
| Code Documentation | 126 | 126 |
| Regex Writing | 119 | 119 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 128 | 128 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 129 | 129 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 119 | 119 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →