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Seed 2.0 Lite vs Seed OSS 36B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed 2.0 Lite wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision

Seed OSS 36B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Seed 2.0 Lite
Benchmark Advantage
Seed 2.0 Lite
Context Window
Seed 2.0 Lite
Speed
Seed OSS 36B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureSeed 2.0 LiteSeed OSS 36B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertySeed 2.0 LiteSeed OSS 36B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorBytedance-seedBytedance-seed
ReleasedMar 2026Unknown

Seed 2.0 Lite Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

Seed OSS 36B Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Seed 2.0 Lite has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Seed OSS 36B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Seed 2.0 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 21.4, compared to Seed OSS 36B Instruct's score of 16.7.
Seed 2.0 Lite has a 262,144 token context window, while Seed OSS 36B Instruct has a 262,000 token context window.
Seed 2.0 Lite supports vision. Seed OSS 36B Instruct does not support vision.

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