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Seed 2.0 Lite vs Seed 2.0 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed 2.0 Lite wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding

Seed 2.0 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Seed 2.0 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Seed 2.0 Lite
Context Window
Seed 2.0 Mini
Speed
Seed 2.0 Lite

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertySeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorBytedance-seedBytedance-seed
ReleasedMar 2026Feb 2026

Seed 2.0 Lite Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

Seed 2.0 Mini Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Seed 2.0 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Seed 2.0 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.40/M tokens.
Seed 2.0 Lite has a 262,144 token context window, while Seed 2.0 Mini has a 262,144 token context window.
Seed 2.0 Lite supports vision. Seed 2.0 Mini supports vision.