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Seed 2.0 Lite vs GPT-5.3 Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed 2.0 Lite wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.3 Codex wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Seed 2.0 Lite
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.3 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5.3 Codex
Speed
GPT-5.3 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureSeed 2.0 LiteGPT-5.3 Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertySeed 2.0 LiteGPT-5.3 Codex
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorBytedance-seedOpenAI
ReleasedMar 2026Feb 2026

Seed 2.0 Lite Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

GPT-5.3 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Seed 2.0 Lite has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Seed 2.0 Lite has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 53.1, compared to Seed 2.0 Lite's score of 21.4.
Seed 2.0 Lite has a 262,144 token context window, while GPT-5.3 Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Seed 2.0 Lite supports vision. GPT-5.3 Codex supports vision.