Seedream 5.0 Lite

Image modelCard summarized

Deeper Thinking, More Accurate Generation

Source: Introducing Seedream 5.0 Lite (official launch post; no model card published)

Use it via API

$0.035 / image

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Where to call it

BytePlus ModelArkseedream-5-0-260128

Supports

Batch API
Streaming
Image input

Full feature support

Good for

Visual reasoning (e.g. Go moves, assembling parts) and physically plausible results
Infographics and educational diagrams from world knowledge
Style transfer and tone matching from a single reference image

Overview

ByteDance · 02Seedream

Seedream 5 Lite

Deeper Thinking, More Accurate Generation

Typical price

$0.035 / image

Any supported size (2K, 3K, 4K)

Max resolution: 4K (4096×4096; up to 16,777,216 px)
Aspect ratios: 8 options
Modes: text-to-image, image editing
Released: 13 Feb 2026

Seedream 5.0 Lite is a unified multimodal image creation model that adds reasoning and world knowledge over Seedream 4.0/4.5: visual reasoning, information visualisation, style transfer from a reference image and editing from vague instructions. ByteDance reports a higher MagicArena Elo than Seedream 4.5 (no number given) and calls it a relatively small model with room to improve structure, realism and aesthetics. launch post

seedream-5-0-260128

Typical price: $0.035 / image
Max resolution: 4K (4096×4096; up to 16,777,216 px)
Aspect ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3, 21:9
Languages: Prompts in Chinese and English
Weights: Closed
Released: 13 Feb 2026

text-to-image
image editing
multi-reference image-to-image (up to 14 images)
sequential image sets (up to 15 images incl. inputs)
streaming output