Seedream 4.5
Dec 2025
Seedream 4.5Compare inon
Seedream 4.5 measured on 5 of 9 Image Generation & Editing benchmarks5
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Multimodal4
Text rendering1
No benchmark matches
Rankingconfiguration unstated?
Full ranking →···
17HunyuanImage 3.01,149.518Seedream 4.51,148.519FLUX.2 [dev]1,145.8Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperNano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 74%-16%$0.034
BetterMuse Imageunstatedwins 67%-75%$0.01
OpenQwen Image 2.1unstatedwins 61%-50%$0.02
CheaperGrok Imagine Imageunstatedwins 53%-50%$0.02
CheaperFLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpensame-40%$0.024ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 74%-16%$0.034Muse Imageunstatedwins 67%-75%$0.01Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 61%-50%$0.02Grok Imagine Imageunstatedwins 53%-50%$0.02FLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpensame-40%$0.024ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Muse Imageunstatedwins 67%-75%$0.01Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 61%-50%$0.02Grok Imagine Imageunstatedwins 53%-50%$0.02Nano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 74%-16%$0.034
MAI Image 2.6unstatedwins 74%same$0.039ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 61%-50%$0.02
Ideogram 4.0unstatedOpenwins 58%+50%$0.06Edits photos: not verified+1
Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)unstatedOpenwins 52%——Reference images: not verified
HunyuanImage 3.0unstatedOpensame+100%$0.08Reference images: not verifiedFLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpensame-40%$0.024ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Seedream 5.0 Prounstatedwins 65%+125%$0.09Seedream 5.0 Liteunstatedsame-12%$0.035Reference images: not verifiedSeedEdit 3.0n/a——Reference images: not verifiedByteDance Seedream 4.0n/a——Edits photos: not verified+1ByteDance Seedream 4.5n/a——Edits photos: not verified+1Dola Seedream 5.0 Liten/a——Edits photos: not verified+1Dreamina Seedream 5.0 Pron/a——Edits photos: not verified+1Hitem3d 2.0n/a——Edits photos: not verified+1All ByteDance Seed models →Benchmarks
in Image Generation & EditingAA Image Arena · editing v2.11,045#32
Arena Image Editing · overall1,301.9#17
Arena Text-to-Image · overall1,148.5#18
Multi-image edit Arena July 5 2026lab1,291
FAQ
How much does Seedream 4.5 cost?›
$0.04 per image.
Is Seedream 4.5 free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.04 per image.
How good is Seedream 4.5, and what is it best at?›
#27 of 93 in Image Generation & Editing.
Is Seedream 4.5 better than HunyuanImage 3.0?›
On Arena Text-to-Image · overall, Seedream 4.5 scores 1,148.5 vs 1,149.5 — about the same. It is 50% cheaper.
When was Seedream 4.5 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-12-05. It is the current version in its line.
Is Seedream 4.5 open source?›
No, Seedream 4.5 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Qwen Image 2.1.
What is Seedream 4.5?›
Seedream 4.5 is a closed image generation & editing model from ByteDance Seed, released Dec 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Seedream 4.5?›
Nano Banana 2.1 (cheaper), Muse Image (better), Qwen Image 2.1 (open weights).