promptstringrequired
The text prompt used to generate the image.
Seedream 5.0 Pro Text to Image
bytedance/seedream/5.0/proSeedream 5.0 Pro by Bytedance - generate stunning images from text prompts with state-of-the-art AI. Supports multiple aspect ratios, styles, and high-resolution output for creative and commercial use.
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Playground
Input
The text prompt used to generate the image.
Additional Settings More
Customize your input with more control.
The aspect ratio of the generated 2K image. Defaults to 1:1. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16.
The number of images to generate. Currently limited to 1. Range: 1 to 1.
The file format of the generated image. Allowed values: jpeg, png.
ResultExample
What would you like to do next?
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
- Open result ↗
Input
{ "prompt": "Vibrant editorial of a model in contemporary fashion fused with West African textile patterns and beadwork, Campbell Addy bold aesthetic, saturated palette, dramatic studio lighting, celebratory cultural richness, striking contemporary portraiture" }
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
- #16 of 106
- Elo
- 1100 ±11
- Gap to #1
- −122
Text-to-image arena: people pick the better of two images generated from the same prompt, without seeing the model names.
- #11Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1118±10
- #12MAI-Image-2.51118±11
- #13FLUX 3 Image1117±12
- #14MAI-Image-2.5-Pro1114±10
- #15Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)1107±10
- #16Seedream 5.0 Pro1100±11
- #17Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1095±12
- #18Qwen-Image-3.01070±12
- #19Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro1056±12
- #20grok-imagine-image-quality1049±9
Seedream 5.0 Pro Text to Image
Seedream 5.0 Pro is ByteDance's top image tier: photorealistic detail, dense layouts, and reliable Chinese and English text.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Text instruction. |
aspect_ratio | 21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:16 | — | Output shape. |
num_images | integer 1–1 | 1 | Fixed at 1. |
output_format | jpeg / png | jpeg | Output file format. |
Billing
$0.09 per image.
| Request | Price |
|---|---|
| One image | $0.09 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Write subject, layout, style, then light and color.
- Quote any text that must appear.
Limits
- One output image per request.
Also on SandBase
Other Seedream endpoints: bytedance/seedream/5.0/pro/edit, bytedance/seedream/5.0/lite, bytedance/seedream/5.0/lite/edit, bytedance/seedream/5.0/flash, bytedance/seedream/5.0/flash/edit, bytedance/seedream/4.5, bytedance/seedream/4.5/edit.
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Send your first request
Submit this model through the SandBase Unified Run API.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "bytedance/seedream/5.0/pro",
"prompt": "Vibrant editorial of a model in contemporary fashion fused with West African textile patterns and beadwork, Campbell Addy bold aesthetic, saturated palette, dramatic studio lighting, celebratory cultural richness, striking contemporary portraiture",
"num_images": 1,
"output_format": "jpeg"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"2. Authentication
Create a SandBase API key and set it in your server environment. All requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep the key on your server. Do not expose it in browser code or commit it to a repository.
3. Queue
Submit a request
POST to /v1/run with this model ID and its inputs. The request example above includes submission and polling.
Fetch request status and result
Use the returned run ID to poll until the status is completed, failed or timeout. Read output only after completed.
curl "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$RUN_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"4. Files
Hosted files
Pass a publicly accessible file URL in the model’s image, video or audio field. Supported formats and limits are shown beside each Playground input.
Uploading images
Use the upload or replace control on supported image fields in the Playground. Video URL fields accept a hosted driving video; they do not imply video-upload support.
5. Schema
Input
num_imagesinteger
The number of images to generate. Currently limited to 1.
Default: 1
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 1
aspect_ratiostring
The aspect ratio of the generated 2K image. Defaults to 1:1.
Possible values: "21:9", "16:9", "3:2", "4:3", "5:4", "1:1", "4:5", "3:4", "2:3", "9:16"
output_formatstring
The file format of the generated image.
Default: "jpeg"
Possible values: "jpeg", "png"
{
"model": "bytedance/seedream/5.0/pro",
"prompt": "Vibrant editorial of a model in contemporary fashion fused with West African textile patterns and beadwork, Campbell Addy bold aesthetic, saturated palette, dramatic studio lighting, celebratory cultural richness, striking contemporary portraiture",
"num_images": 1,
"output_format": "jpeg"
}Output
A completed run exposes its result in output. The following is the model’s saved example, not a new generation.
[
{
"source": "ByteDance/Volcengine schema mirror",
"source_url": "https://docs.volcengine.com/docs/ark/seedance-2-0",
"url": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/f0d767a5-40ad-4e3b-9070-0ffae464190d/output/92a345ab-fee7-4a05-b40c-e1566fdc0d11.png"
}
]