StarSeaAPI
doubao-seed-2.0-lite vs doubao-seed-2.0-mini
| doubao-seed-2.0-lite | doubao-seed-2.0-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | ByteDance Doubao | ByteDance Doubao |
| Input $/M | $0.09 | $0.030 |
| Output $/M | $0.55 | $0.30 |
| Output multiplier | ×6.00 | ×10.00 |
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Intelligence index | — | — |
| Coding index | — | — |
What the numbers mean
doubao-seed-2.0-mini is roughly 3.0× cheaper on input than doubao-seed-2.0-lite. If your workload passes the quality bar on the cheaper model, that gap compounds across every request; route to doubao-seed-2.0-lite deliberately rather than by default.
Tags: doubao-seed-2.0-lite — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · doubao-seed-2.0-mini — Chat, Reasoning, Vision
Code
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")
# doubao-seed-2.0-lite
client.chat.completions.create(model="doubao-seed-2.0-lite", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
# doubao-seed-2.0-mini
client.chat.completions.create(model="doubao-seed-2.0-mini", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])