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Seedream 5.0 Lite
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Seedream 5.0 Lite is a closed-weights image model from ByteDance Seed, released February 2026.
Model information sources
Score within the LMArena text-to-image comparison set only.
$ how it compares
The image models ranked either side of Seedream 5.0 Lite, out of 197 with a score, then more from ByteDance Seed.
| # | model | score | where | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 |  Uni-1.1 Max | 65±2 | api $0.10/image | ||
| 28 |  Grok Imagine Image Pro | 65±2 | api $0.050/image | ||
| 29 | Seedream 5.0 Lite | 65±2 | api $0.035/image | ||
| 30 |  Seedream 4.5 | 64±1 | api $0.040/image | ||
| 31 |  Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | 64±2 | api $0.21/image | ||
| more from ByteDance Seed | |||||
| 12 | Seedream 5.0 Pro | 75±2 | api $0.050/image | ||
| 45 | Seedream 4.0 | 61±1 | api $0.040/image | ||
| 73 | Seedream 3.0 | 56±2 | comparison only | ||
$ what it's good at
text to image▂▅▅▃▄▄█▃▁▂▁▁ #25 of 126 · 52% of its score · 4 tests
Trails FLUX.2 [max], Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro here, though they rank lower overall.
| test | result | vs the others in its run | counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena text-to-image | 1137.9 ✎ | ▂▂▃▄▇█▄▂▄▂·▂ beats 39/75 | 37% |
| ImageTime (prompt-only, overall) | 71.6% ✎ | ▄·····▄█▄·▄█ beats 5/7 | 7.0% |
| FEPBench instruction faithfulness | 57.5% ✎ | ▄·█···▄▄▄▄▄▄ beats 5/8 | 4.9% |
| Qwen-Image-Bench (Q-Judger, v1) | 57.2% ✎ | █▅▅·▅▅█·█··▃ beats 12/17 | 3.9% |
image to image / editing▁▁·▃▂▃█▃▃▄▁▁ #20 of 62 * · 16% of its score · 2 tests
Beats Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) here, though they rank higher overall.
| test | result | vs the others in its run | counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena image edit | 1294.1 ✎ | ▂▁▁▂▆▇█▄▆▅▁▂ beats 27/53 | 14% |
| TECCI human overall success rate (IRCS+GGIS) | 16.7% ✎ | ▄········▄█▄ beats 1/4 | 1.6% |
other tests3 not in a task · 31% of its score
| test | result | vs the others in its run | counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| InfoEdit infographic editing (average success rate) | 5.0% ✎ | ▄··▄█····▄▄▄ beats 3/6 | 14% |
| ChartSync chart editing (Overall) | 71.1% ✎ | ▂··▂█▂▄▃▂·▂▂ beats 9/12 | 11% |
| Rapidata Benchmark.ai image benchmark (overall Elo) | 1013.7 ✎ | ▁▁▁▄▂█▂▁▁▂▁▁ beats 22/34 | 5.7% |
$ where to run it
Through an API
api · BytePlus ModelArk · $0.035/image · docs.byteplus.com ↗ · price sourceUSD per output image on BytePlus ModelArk; input images free; images not output (e.g. content moderation) are not billed; sequential generation billed per generated image. Product: BytePlus ModelArk image generation. API model: seedream-5-0-lite-260128. Settings: n=1. Price basis: published list rate. Currency: USD. BytePlus official pricing page, observed 2026-09-26.
$ how the score was worked out · LMArena leaderboard dataset 51%, InfoEdit: Probing Global Layo… 14%, ChartSync: A Benchmark for Vi… 11% and 5 more
Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works
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