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doubao-seed-2.1-lite vs doubao-seed-2.1-turbo
| doubao-seed-2.1-lite | doubao-seed-2.1-turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | ByteDance Doubao | ByteDance Doubao |
| Input $/M | $0.12 | $0.45 |
| Output $/M | $0.41 | $2.27 |
| Output multiplier | ×3.38 | ×5.00 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens |
| Intelligence index | — | — |
| Coding index | — | — |
What the numbers mean
doubao-seed-2.1-lite is roughly 3.8× cheaper on input than doubao-seed-2.1-turbo. If your workload passes the quality bar on the cheaper model, that gap compounds across every request; route to doubao-seed-2.1-turbo deliberately rather than by default.
Tags: doubao-seed-2.1-lite — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · doubao-seed-2.1-turbo — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision
Code
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")
# doubao-seed-2.1-lite
client.chat.completions.create(model="doubao-seed-2.1-lite", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
# doubao-seed-2.1-turbo
client.chat.completions.create(model="doubao-seed-2.1-turbo", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])