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SeedDream 5 Lite


SeedDream 5 Lite is ByteDance's image generation model, starting at $N/A / 1M input and $N/A / 1M output. A lightweight image generation model that introduces web-connected retrieval, enabling real-time online information fusion for grounded image synthesis.
Specifications
Canonical IDbytedance-seedream-5-lite
TypeImage Generation
StatusActive
CreatorByteDanceByteDance
Providers
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesImage
Release Date · 4 months ago
Benchmarks
Elo Rating
1118
#109

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

ProviderStandard
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite

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