ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code
ByteDance Seed-2.0-Code is an AI model capable of handling text, images, and videos, with a context length of 262,144 tokens and the ability to reason and support tools for enhanced functionality. It offers both unstructured and reasoning-based outputs, making it versatile for complex tasks that require understanding across multiple modalities. While its capabilities are significant, its current lack of benchmark coverage means its performance remains unverified in a standardized setting. For those willing to pay a premium-$0.5 per million input tokens and $3.0 per million output tokens-it could be a valuable choice for projects requiring multi-modal processing and reasoning. However, users should proceed with caution until more independent benchmarks are available to fully assess its effectiveness.
- Model ID
- bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-code
- Vendor
- bytedance-seed
- Released
- August 2026
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Input Modalities
- text, image, video
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 131,072 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.50/M input and $3.00/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.02 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.40 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $8.50 |
Strong choice for
Category rankings
Where ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code places across the 1 category it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | Video Auto-TaggingVideo · of 25 ranked | 123 |
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Quick answers
- How much does ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code cost?
- $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens.
- What is ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code's context window?
- 262,144 tokens, roughly 393 pages of text in a single request.
- Does ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.