Doubao Seed Code
Nov 2025
Doubao Seed CodeCompare inonMMMU-Pro
—per task?
API price not publicprice
—output speed?
256Kcontext
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT-6 Lunalow+12%—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
OpenMuse Spark Openxhigh+19%—$0.84Reasoning off leaves output unchanged · Self-hosted / llama.cpp+1BetterGPT-5.6 Lunalow+9%—$0.01
BetterMiMo v2.5thinkingOpen+11%—$0.019BetterMuse Glimmer 30BhighOpen+9%—$0.058Context: 256K → 131KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-6 Lunalow+12%—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunalow+9%—$0.01MiMo v2.5thinkingOpen+11%—$0.019Muse Glimmer 30BhighOpen+9%—$0.058Context: 256K → 131K
Gemini 3.1 Flash Litehigh+11%—$0.06ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Muse Spark OpenxhighOpen+19%—$0.84Reasoning off leaves output unchanged · Self-hosted / llama.cpp+1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen+18%—$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
Kimi K3maxOpen+18%—$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3
Qwen3.8 FlashthinkingOpen+17%—$0.37max_tokens range · QwenCloud+5Kimi K2.6thinkingOpen+17%—$0.80ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Seed 2.0 Liten/a—$0.25 / $2Seed 2.0 Minin/a—$0.10 / $0.40Seed 2.0 Coden/a—$0.50 / $3Seed 1.6n/a—$0.25 / $2Seed 1.6 Flashn/a—$0.075 / $0.30Seed 2.1 Turbon/a—$0.50 / $2.50Seed 1.8 251228n/a—$0.25 / $2Seed 2.0 Code Preview 260328n/a—$0.50 / $3All ByteDance Seed models →Benchmarks
in Vision & DocumentsMMMU-Pro (vision)68.1#77
FAQ
How much does Doubao Seed Code cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: API price not public.
Is Doubao Seed Code free to use?›
There is no free API.
How good is Doubao Seed Code, and what is it best at?›
#147 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #68 of 239 in Coding, #103 of 242 in Agents & Tool Use, #111 of 245 in Writing & Language, #76 of 124 in Vision & Documents.
Is Doubao Seed Code better than Claude Sonnet 4.5?›
On MMMU-Pro (vision), Doubao Seed Code scores 68.1 vs 68.7 — about the same.
What is the context window of Doubao Seed Code?›
256K tokens.
When was Doubao Seed Code released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-11-11. It is the current version in its line.
Is Doubao Seed Code open source?›
No, Doubao Seed Code is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Muse Spark Open.
Can Doubao Seed Code read images?›
It accepts text and images as input.
What is Doubao Seed Code?›
Doubao Seed Code is a closed language model from ByteDance Seed, released Nov 2025, the successor to Seed OSS 36B Instruct.
What are the best alternatives to Doubao Seed Code?›
GPT-6 Luna (better), Muse Spark Open (open weights).