Tier
Major
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Founded
2023
Flagship
Seed
Models tracked
2
Artificial Analysis
Top intelligence
26.0
Artificial Analysis Index
Cheapest model
$0.00
blended /1M
Fastest output
0
tokens / sec
Flagship Model
ByteDance Seed’s top-scoring model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Most intelligent model
Doubao Seed Code
Released 2025-11-11
Intelligence
26.0
Coding
—
Math
79.3
In $/1M
$0.00
Out $/1M
$0.00
Speed t/s
0
Benchmark breakdown
Models & benchmarks
Every ByteDance Seed model on file — intelligence, coding, price, and speed.
| Model | Released | Intel | Coding | Math | In $/1M | Out $/1M | Speed t/s | Latency s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubao Seed Code | 2025-11-11 | 26.0 | — | 79.3 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct | 2025-08-20 | 18.3 | — | 84.7 | $0.21 | $0.57 | 0 | 0.00 |
Trajectory
ByteDance Seed’s model releases over time, by intelligence.
House strengths
Where ByteDance Seed’s lineup over-indexes, averaged across its models.
Capability profile
Best value
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Most intelligence per dollar — 18.3 index at $0.30/1M blended.
61 index points per $1
Governance
ByteDance Seed’s license posture and openness across its lineup.
Open weight
0
of 4 models
Proprietary
4
of 4 models
Commercial-OK
0
license permits
Modalities
Image · Text · Video
Via LLM Stats
Media models
Image, video, and speech models, ranked by arena Elo.
| Model | Type | Released | Elo | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p | image to video | 2026-03 | 1339 | #2 |
| Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p | text to video | 2026-03 | 1265 | #3 |
| Seedance 1.5 pro | image to video | 2025-12 | 1250 | #25 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | text to image | 2026-07 | 1240 | #8 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | image editing | 2026-07 | 1238 | #6 |
| Seedance 1.0 | image to video | 2025-06 | 1232 | #33 |
| Seedream 4.0 | text to image | 2025-09 | 1193 | #16 |
| Seedream 4.5 | image editing | 2025-12 | 1187 | #21 |
| Seedream 4.0 | image editing | 2025-09 | 1183 | #23 |
| Seedance 1.5 pro | text to video | 2025-12 | 1172 | #31 |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | image editing | 2026-02 | 1171 | #27 |
| Seedream 4.5 | text to image | 2025-12 | 1170 | #30 |