Seedream 5.0 Lite Text to Image

Seedream 5.0 Lite — Fast Text-to-Image API The lightweight version of Seedream 5.0, delivering high-quality, low-latency AI image generation from text prompts. Ideal for real-time creative tools, e-commerce visuals, and high-volume AIGC pipelines.
bytedance/seedream/5.0/lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite — Fast Text-to-Image API The lightweight version of Seedream 5.0, delivering high-quality, low-latency AI image generation from text prompts. Ideal for real-time creative tools, e-commerce visuals, and high-volume AIGC pipelines.

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Playground

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Input
The text prompt to generate an image from.
Additional Settings More

Customize your input with more control.

The aspect ratio of the generated image. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16.
The format of the generated image. Allowed values: jpeg, png.
Result
Example
  1. 4b9cb1a4-4ad5-4bd1-8b1a-c3213a2a07d3.jpg

    What would you like to do next?

    Open original

Saved example result. No new generation was requested.

Displayed run estimate: $0.035. Final charges follow the model’s billing rules below.

Human preference

Arena

Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.

Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena

Leaderboard
Text to Image
Rank
#39 of 106
Elo
1017 ±12
Gap to #1
−205

Text-to-image arena: people pick the better of two images generated from the same prompt, without seeing the model names.

  1. #34grok-imagine-imageSpaceXAI1022±11
  2. #35FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest LabsOn SandBase1021±10
  3. #36Krea 2 Medium TurboKrea1020±11
  4. #37HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1017±11
  5. #38Recraft V4.1 Utility ProRecraft1017±9
  6. #39Seedream 5.0 LiteByteDance SeedThis model1017±12
  7. #40Ideogram 4.5 (High)Ideogram1015±15
  8. #41Wan2.6 Text to ImageAlibaba1014±12
  9. #42GPT Image 1 (high)OpenAI1013±12
  10. #43Krea 2 MediumKrea1012±9

Seedream 5.0 Lite Text to Image

Seedream 5.0 Lite: the lightweight Seedream 5.0 tier, with good quality at lower latency and cost.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
promptstring, required—Up to 50,000 characters.
aspect_ratio21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:161:1Output shape.
output_formatjpeg / pngpngOutput file format.

Billing

$0.035 per image.

RequestPrice
One image$0.035

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Write subject, layout, style, then light and color.
  • Quote any text that must appear.

Limits

  • One output image per request.

Also on SandBase

Other Seedream endpoints: bytedance/seedream/5.0/pro, bytedance/seedream/5.0/pro/edit, bytedance/seedream/5.0/lite/edit, bytedance/seedream/5.0/flash, bytedance/seedream/5.0/flash/edit, bytedance/seedream/4.5, bytedance/seedream/4.5/edit.