doubao-seed-2.0-mini vs doubao-seed-2.1-lite
| doubao-seed-2.0-mini | doubao-seed-2.1-lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | ByteDance Doubao | ByteDance Doubao |
| Input $/M | $0.031 | $0.12 |
| Output $/M | $0.31 | $0.42 |
| Output multiplier | ×10.00 | ×3.38 |
| Context window | 256K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Intelligence index | — | — |
| Coding index | — | — |
What the numbers mean
doubao-seed-2.0-mini is roughly 4.0× cheaper on input than doubao-seed-2.1-lite. If your workload passes the quality bar on the cheaper model, that gap compounds across every request; route to doubao-seed-2.1-lite deliberately rather than by default.
Tags: doubao-seed-2.0-mini — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · doubao-seed-2.1-lite — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision
Code
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")
# doubao-seed-2.0-mini
client.chat.completions.create(model="doubao-seed-2.0-mini", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
# doubao-seed-2.1-lite
client.chat.completions.create(model="doubao-seed-2.1-lite", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])