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Seedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite is rank 32 of 108 in our GraduallyBench test.

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Summary

Seedream 5.0 Lite is an image model from ByteDance / Volcengine. Ark still lists the T2I and I2I model ID but marks it as pending shutdown, without giving a date in the reviewed source.

Image samples from our tests

These images come from documented single requests with an archived prompt. They complement measurements but do not replace a controlled laboratory test.

Character and detailOpen Character and detail at original size

Character and detail

This sample tests Anatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency.

Prompt and settings

Create a square cinematic full-body portrait of a fictional bicycle courier waiting under a transparent umbrella at a rainy tram stop in Hamburg at blue hour. She wears a mustard raincoat, navy trousers, red sneakers, a silver helmet, and carries a teal messenger bag. Keep both hands visible, render the bicycle correctly, use realistic wet-street reflections, and include no readable brand names.

Generated through fal with model ID bytedance/seedream/v5/lite/text-to-image. Archived settings were requested 2560x2560 square, the route's minimum native pixel width, n=1, seed=69737196, estimated cost $0.035000, source 2560x2560, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

Open source
InfographicOpen Infographic at original size

Infographic

This sample tests Numbers, labels, and visual organization.

Prompt and settings

Create a square German infographic titled SO FUNKTIONIERT PHOTOSYNTHESE. Show exactly four numbered steps in this order: 1 LICHT, 2 WASSER, 3 CO₂, 4 ZUCKER + SAUERSTOFF. Use a clean editorial science style with one plant cross-section, simple arrows, high contrast, legible labels, and no other text.

Generated through fal with model ID bytedance/seedream/v5/lite/text-to-image. Archived settings were requested 2560x2560 square, the route's minimum native pixel width, n=1, seed=464378822, estimated cost $0.035000, source 2560x2560, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

Open source
Product photographyOpen Product photography at original size

Product photography

This sample tests Materials, reflections, and fine details.

Prompt and settings

Create a square premium product photograph of a brushed titanium wristwatch standing upright on dark green marble. The watch has a cream dial, thin black hands set to 10:10, twelve distinct hour markers, a realistic crown, and a dark brown leather strap. Soft window light from the left, controlled reflections, shallow depth of field, no text, no logo, no extra objects.

Generated through fal with model ID bytedance/seedream/v5/lite/text-to-image. Archived settings were requested 2560x2560 square, the route's minimum native pixel width, n=1, seed=1604459337, estimated cost $0.035000, source 2560x2560, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

Open source
Typography and layoutOpen Typography and layout at original size

Typography and layout

This sample tests Legible text, hierarchy, and composition.

Prompt and settings

Create a square editorial poster for an imaginary night train called MONDFALTER. Show the exact German headline MONDFALTER and the exact subline BERLIN NACH LISSABON. Use a restrained midnight-blue and warm-cream palette, one stylized moth, strong Swiss-grid typography, generous negative space, and no additional words or logos.

Generated through fal with model ID bytedance/seedream/v5/lite/text-to-image. Archived settings were requested 2560x2560 square, the route's minimum native pixel width, n=1, seed=1149290713, estimated cost $0.035000, source 2560x2560, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

Open source

All benchmark results

Every published result with its source, test setup and comparison models.

Show all 4 published benchmark results

Published benchmarks

Gradually sample test: Typography and layout

The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank from model-blind comparison rounds. One archived first output contributes per model. This remains an n = 1 sample.

Nano Banana 299.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Flex98.1 rank points
FLUX 3 Image96 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility95.6 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image94.1 rank points
SenseNova U1.5 Lite93.1 rank points
Kling Image 3.0 Omni92.8 rank points
Nano Banana Pro91.9 rank points
FLUX.2 Max91.6 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Flash88.5 rank points
Krea 2 Large86.3 rank points
Firefly Image Model 585.7 rank points
Muse Image85.7 rank points
FLUX 3 Image Klein84.4 rank points
Seedream 4.583.8 rank points
MAI-Image-2.582.2 rank points
Nano Banana 2 Lite82.2 rank points
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro81 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image Pro81 rank points
Krea 377.6 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Flash76.6 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image-1.575.7 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Lite75.7 rank points
Luma Uni-1.1 Max75.1 rank points
GPT Image 274.5 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 1.073.8 rank points
Nano Banana 2.172.3 rank points
Krea 2 Medium Turbo71.3 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 2.070.7 rank points
MAI-Image-2.5 Flash70.1 rank points
Recraft V4.169.5 rank points
FLUX.2 Pro68.9 rank points
Bria FIBO 268.5 rank points
GPT Image 1 Mini67.9 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Pro67.9 rank points
Ideogram 4.067.3 rank points
Luma Uni-1.167 rank points
Seedream 4.064.8 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Flare63.9 rank points
LLaDA-Image62 rank points
MAI-Image-2.662 rank points
GPT Image 1.559.5 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B Preview55.8 rank points
Reve 2.153.9 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst53.6 rank points
MAI-Image-2.6 Flash53.6 rank points
Qwen-Image-2.153.6 rank points
Kling Image 3.051.4 rank points
Runway Gen-4 Image51.4 rank points
MOSS-Image-Base50.8 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo50.8 rank points
GLM-Image50.2 rank points
FLUX.2 Dev49.8 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]45.5 rank points
Hy Image 3.5 Preview45.2 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro]42.1 rank points
LongCat-Image41.4 rank points
Wan 2.6 Text to Image41.1 rank points
Z-Image Turbo39.6 rank points
Nucleus-Image38.3 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro38.3 rank points
MiniMax Image-0137.4 rank points
Chroma1-HD36.4 rank points
Bria FIBO Lite35.5 rank points
Qwen Image 3.0 Pro35.5 rank points
Z-Image Base32.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B32.4 rank points
Qwen Image 3.032.4 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 4B31.8 rank points
OmniGen229.6 rank points
Ideogram 4.528.3 rank points
Vidu Q2 Image26.8 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra21.8 rank points
MOSS-Image-SFT21.5 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 420.6 rank points
Sana-Sprint 1.6B 1024px20.6 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]19 rank points
Lumina-Image 2.018.4 rank points
Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo18.1 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image18.1 rank points
Chroma1-Flash16.2 rank points
FLUX.1 [dev]16.2 rank points
Sana-Sprint 0.6B 1024px15.9 rank points
Midjourney V8.114.3 rank points
HunyuanImage 3.012.5 rank points
AuraFlow v0.311.2 rank points
BAGEL-7B-MoT11.2 rank points
SANA-1.5 4.8B 1024px8.1 rank points
LLaDA-Image-Turbo7.8 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 36.9 rank points
SDXL Turbo3.4 rank points
SANA-1.5 1.6B 1024px3.1 rank points

higher is betterAs of November 3, 2026Scale: 0 rank points - 100 rank points

Source: Gradually-Bildtest
gradually.ai
Methodology and context
Metric
rank-score-100
Scale
0-100
Participants
108
Sample
1
Methodology and context
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Source: Gradually-Bildtest

Gradually sample test: Product photography

The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank from model-blind comparison rounds. One archived first output contributes per model. This remains an n = 1 sample.

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash90.3 rank points
Krea 2 Large90 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo89.7 rank points
Qwen-Image-2.189.7 rank points
GPT Image 289.4 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Lite88.8 rank points
MAI-Image-2.688.2 rank points
BAGEL-7B-MoT87.9 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image87.9 rank points
Nano Banana 2 Lite87.2 rank points
Qwen Image 3.087.2 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B86.6 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst86.6 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image Pro86.6 rank points
MOSS-Image-SFT85.7 rank points
Bria FIBO 283.8 rank points
SenseNova U1.5 Lite83.5 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro83.2 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 1.081.3 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 4B80.7 rank points
Krea 2 Medium Turbo80.7 rank points
Muse Image80.7 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Flash76.9 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Pro76.9 rank points
FLUX 3 Image Klein74.8 rank points
Reve 2.173.8 rank points
GPT Image 1 Mini73.5 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B Preview72.6 rank points
Qwen Image 3.0 Pro71.3 rank points
Luma Uni-1.1 Max71 rank points
Recraft V4.171 rank points
MAI-Image-2.570.1 rank points
Nano Banana Pro70.1 rank points
Nano Banana 2.169.8 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Flare69.2 rank points
Ideogram 4.568.9 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 2.067.9 rank points
FLUX.2 Flex62.6 rank points
Krea 362.6 rank points
FLUX 3 Image62 rank points
Nucleus-Image62 rank points
Kling Image 3.060.4 rank points
Luma Uni-1.159.5 rank points
FLUX.2 Max58.6 rank points
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro58.3 rank points
FLUX.2 Pro57.9 rank points
MAI-Image-2.5 Flash57.6 rank points
Wan 2.6 Text to Image53.9 rank points
GPT Image 1.552.3 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image-1.550.8 rank points
Midjourney V8.149.5 rank points
FLUX.1 [dev]46.4 rank points
FLUX.2 Dev46.4 rank points
Firefly Image Model 545.8 rank points
Nano Banana 244.9 rank points
Seedream 4.044.2 rank points
Seedream 4.544.2 rank points
Kling Image 3.0 Omni39.9 rank points
MOSS-Image-Base36.1 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Flash36.1 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]35.8 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro35.8 rank points
Bria FIBO Lite35.2 rank points
LLaDA-Image35.2 rank points
HunyuanImage 3.033.6 rank points
Runway Gen-4 Image32.7 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility32.4 rank points
Vidu Q2 Image32.4 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image31.1 rank points
MiniMax Image-0129.9 rank points
OmniGen229.9 rank points
Z-Image Turbo29.9 rank points
LongCat-Image29.3 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]28.7 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra28.3 rank points
LLaDA-Image-Turbo26.8 rank points
Sana-Sprint 1.6B 1024px26.8 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro]25.5 rank points
Ideogram 4.022.1 rank points
Z-Image Base21.5 rank points
Chroma1-HD15.9 rank points
Lumina-Image 2.015.9 rank points
Chroma1-Flash15.6 rank points
Hy Image 3.5 Preview15.3 rank points
AuraFlow v0.315 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 314.6 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 413.7 rank points
Stable Diffusion XL 1.012.8 rank points
GLM-Image9 rank points
Boogu-Image-0.1-Base7.8 rank points
Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo5.6 rank points
SDXL Turbo2.8 rank points
SANA-1.5 4.8B 1024px1.2 rank points
Stable Diffusion Turbo1.2 rank points
SANA-1.5 1.6B 1024px0.3 rank points

higher is betterAs of November 3, 2026Scale: 0 rank points - 100 rank points

Source: Gradually-Bildtest
gradually.ai
Methodology and context
Metric
rank-score-100
Scale
0-100
Participants
108
Sample
1
Methodology and context
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Source: Gradually-Bildtest

Gradually sample test: Character and detail

The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank from model-blind comparison rounds. One archived first output contributes per model. This remains an n = 1 sample.

GPT Image 1.588.8 rank points
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro88.5 rank points
FLUX.2 Pro86.9 rank points
Krea 384.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Dev81.6 rank points
Kling Image 3.0 Omni81.6 rank points
Reve 2.180.1 rank points
Wan 2.6 Text to Image78.5 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image Pro78.2 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Flash75.4 rank points
FLUX.2 Flex75.1 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 2.075.1 rank points
MOSS-Image-SFT74.1 rank points
Qwen Image 3.0 Pro74.1 rank points
Seedream 4.072.9 rank points
Firefly Image Model 572.3 rank points
Z-Image Base71 rank points
Z-Image Turbo71 rank points
Bria FIBO Lite70.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Max70.4 rank points
FLUX 3 Image69.5 rank points
MAI-Image-2.5 Flash67.9 rank points
Ideogram 4.567.6 rank points
FLUX 3 Image Klein66.4 rank points
Nucleus-Image66.4 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility66.4 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro64.8 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro64.8 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst64.2 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Flare63.2 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image63.2 rank points
MAI-Image-2.662.9 rank points
LLaDA-Image62.6 rank points
Qwen Image 3.061.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 4B61.1 rank points
Muse Image61.1 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 1.060.7 rank points
Luma Uni-1.1 Max60.4 rank points
GPT Image 260.1 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Pro60.1 rank points
Kling Image 3.059.2 rank points
Ideogram 4.058.9 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image-1.558.3 rank points
Nano Banana 2.156.7 rank points
MAI-Image-2.554.8 rank points
Krea 2 Large54.2 rank points
FLUX.1 [dev]52.6 rank points
LLaDA-Image-Turbo52.6 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 452.3 rank points
MAI-Image-2.6 Flash52 rank points
Midjourney V8.151.4 rank points
GLM-Image51.1 rank points
Chroma1-Flash50.8 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]50.2 rank points
Hy Image 3.5 Preview49.5 rank points
Luma Uni-1.148.6 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Lite48.6 rank points
Bria FIBO 248.3 rank points
Recraft V4.148 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo47.7 rank points
Nano Banana 2 Lite47.4 rank points
MOSS-Image-Base45.5 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B Preview45.2 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra45.2 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image45.2 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Flash42.4 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro]39.3 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B38.9 rank points
Runway Gen-4 Image38.9 rank points
Nano Banana Pro37.1 rank points
Seedream 4.537.1 rank points
Nano Banana 236.4 rank points
SenseNova U1.5 Lite34.9 rank points
Qwen-Image-2.133.6 rank points
MiniMax Image-0132.7 rank points
BAGEL-7B-MoT32.4 rank points
GPT Image 1 Mini30.8 rank points
Krea 2 Medium Turbo29.9 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]27.1 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 326.8 rank points
Sana-Sprint 1.6B 1024px26.2 rank points
Vidu Q2 Image26.2 rank points
HunyuanImage 3.024.3 rank points
LongCat-Image24.3 rank points
Lumina-Image 2.023.4 rank points
Chroma1-HD16.5 rank points
AuraFlow v0.316.2 rank points
OmniGen27.8 rank points
Boogu-Image-0.1-Base7.5 rank points
Stable Diffusion Turbo4.7 rank points
SDXL Turbo2.8 rank points
SANA-1.5 4.8B 1024px0.3 rank points

higher is betterAs of November 3, 2026Scale: 0 rank points - 100 rank points

Source: Gradually-Bildtest
gradually.ai
Methodology and context
Metric
rank-score-100
Scale
0-100
Participants
108
Sample
1
Methodology and context
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Source: Gradually-Bildtest

Gradually sample test: Infographic

The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank from model-blind comparison rounds. One archived first output contributes per model. This remains an n = 1 sample.

Seedream 5.0 Pro99.1 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst97.2 rank points
GPT Image 2.5 Flare91 rank points
Luma Uni-1.189.4 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo88.8 rank points
Qwen Image 3.088.8 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image Pro88.5 rank points
Muse Image86.3 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Flash86 rank points
Ideogram 4.585.4 rank points
Reve 2.184.7 rank points
Qwen-Image-2.182.9 rank points
MAI-Image-2.5 Flash81.3 rank points
SenseNova U1.5 Lite80.4 rank points
Wan 2.7 Image79.4 rank points
Krea 2 Medium Turbo78.8 rank points
Luma Uni-1.1 Max78.8 rank points
Bria FIBO 278.2 rank points
FLUX 3 Image Klein77.3 rank points
Wan 2.6 Text to Image77.3 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 1.076.9 rank points
Grok Imagine Image 2.076.6 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image-1.576.3 rank points
Krea 2 Large75.7 rank points
MOSS-Image-SFT75.4 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B Preview74.8 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro74.5 rank points
Krea 373.8 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Flash73.8 rank points
MAI-Image-2.6 Flash73.5 rank points
Recraft V4.173.2 rank points
Ideogram 4.072.6 rank points
FLUX.2 Dev72 rank points
GPT Image 1.571.7 rank points
Hy Image 3.5 Preview70.7 rank points
MOSS-Image-Base70.7 rank points
MAI-Image-2.569.2 rank points
FLUX 3 Image68.5 rank points
Seedream 4.067.3 rank points
GPT Image 266.4 rank points
Nano Banana 2 Lite65.7 rank points
Nano Banana Pro64.8 rank points
Nano Banana 2.164.2 rank points
Recraft V4.1 Utility63.9 rank points
Nano Banana 263.2 rank points
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro62 rank points
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro61.7 rank points
Qwen Image 3.0 Pro61.7 rank points
MAI-Image-2.660.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Flex57 rank points
Seedream 5.0 Lite55.8 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]53.9 rank points
FLUX.2 Max53.6 rank points
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]52.6 rank points
Kling Image 3.051.4 rank points
FLUX.2 Pro44.6 rank points
HiDream-O1-Image42.7 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 9B41.7 rank points
FLUX.1 [dev]39.9 rank points
Z-Image Turbo37.4 rank points
Vidu Q2 Image37.1 rank points
LongCat-Image36.8 rank points
HunyuanImage 3.036.1 rank points
LLaDA-Image-Turbo35.8 rank points
Midjourney V8.135.2 rank points
LLaDA-Image32.7 rank points
Runway Gen-4 Image32.4 rank points
GPT Image 1 Mini31.8 rank points
FLUX.2 Klein 4B30.2 rank points
GLM-Image29.9 rank points
Kling Image 3.0 Omni29.6 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra27.7 rank points
Seedream 4.526.5 rank points
MiniMax Image-0125.5 rank points
FLUX1.1 [pro]24 rank points
Z-Image Base24 rank points
Nucleus-Image23.4 rank points
Chroma1-HD22.4 rank points
Bria FIBO Lite19.6 rank points
OmniGen219 rank points
Boogu-Image-0.1-Base15.9 rank points
Lumina-Image 2.015.9 rank points
Firefly Image Model 515 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 412.5 rank points
Chroma1-Flash12.1 rank points
Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo8.4 rank points
SDXL Turbo8.4 rank points
SANA-1.5 1.6B 1024px7.2 rank points
AuraFlow v0.36.9 rank points
BAGEL-7B-MoT5.9 rank points
SANA-1.5 4.8B 1024px5.6 rank points
Adobe Firefly Image 35.3 rank points
Stable Diffusion Turbo4.7 rank points

higher is betterAs of November 3, 2026Scale: 0 rank points - 100 rank points

Source: Gradually-Bildtest
gradually.ai
Methodology and context
Metric
rank-score-100
Scale
0-100
Participants
108
Sample
1
Methodology and context
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Source: Gradually-Bildtest

Recorded measurement details

Gradually sample test: Typography and layout (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
Source value
75.7
Score
75.7
Metric
rank-score-100
Unit
rank score
Direction
Higher is better
Source rank
24
Sample
1
Source type
gradually-sample-test
Evaluator
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Retrieved at
2026-11-03
Methodology
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Mean rank
27
Individual ranks
29, 30, 22
Criterion scores
headline 1.33, subline 1.33, text-control 1.33, visual-brief 1.33, layout 1.33
Source Gradually-Bildtest
Gradually sample test: Product photography (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
Source value
88.8
Score
88.8
Metric
rank-score-100
Unit
rank score
Direction
Higher is better
Source rank
6
Sample
1
Source type
gradually-sample-test
Evaluator
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Retrieved at
2026-11-03
Methodology
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Mean rank
13
Individual ranks
5, 13, 21
Criterion scores
subject 2, time 2, watch-details 2, photography 2, exclusions 2
Source Gradually-Bildtest
Gradually sample test: Character and detail (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
Source value
48.6
Score
48.6
Metric
rank-score-100
Unit
rank score
Direction
Higher is better
Source rank
62
Sample
1
Source type
gradually-sample-test
Evaluator
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Retrieved at
2026-11-03
Methodology
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Mean rank
56
Individual ranks
46, 48, 74
Criterion scores
scene 1, wardrobe 1, anatomy 1, props 1, environment 1
Source Gradually-Bildtest
Gradually sample test: Infographic (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
Source value
55.8
Score
55.8
Metric
rank-score-100
Unit
rank score
Direction
Higher is better
Source rank
54
Sample
1
Source type
gradually-sample-test
Evaluator
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Retrieved at
2026-11-03
Methodology
One archived image per model, using the first output of the accepted test attempt. Technical repeats are disclosed for the affected image. All 108 images are ranked in three model-blind orderings. The 0-100 value normalizes the mean rank. This remains an n = 1 sample, and an automated judge may have visual preferences of its own.
Mean rank
48.33
Individual ranks
46, 46, 53
Criterion scores
title 1.67, sequence 1, labels 1, diagram 1.67, clarity 1
Source Gradually-Bildtest

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Popularity index

The 100 most popular models of this category, 0 to 100, higher is more popular

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As of November 2026 · Source: gradually.ai popularity index

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Seedream 5.0 Lite compared

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The most popular comparisons

  1. 1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  2. 2GPT Image 2 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  3. 3Reve 2.1 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  4. 4Nano Banana 2 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  5. 5GPT Image 1.5 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  6. 6MAI-Image-2.5 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  7. 7Nano Banana Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  8. 8Nano Banana 2 Lite vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  9. 9Seedream 5.0 Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
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  1. 10Grok Imagine Image Quality vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  2. 11FLUX.2 Max vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  3. 12Qwen Image 2.0 Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  4. 13MAI-Image-2.5 Flash vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  5. 14HiDream-O1-Image-1.5 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  6. 15Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  7. 16Seedream 4.0 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  8. 17Krea 2 Large vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  9. 18Luma Uni-1.1 Max vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  10. 19FLUX.2 Flex vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  11. 20Recraft V4.1 Utility vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  12. 21Ideogram 4.0 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  13. 22Wan 2.6 Text to Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  14. 23FLUX.2 Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  15. 24HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  16. 25FLUX.2 Klein 9B vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  17. 26HiDream-O1-Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  18. 27Firefly Image Model 5 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  19. 28Midjourney V8.1 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  20. 29Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  21. 30GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  22. 31Qwen-Image-2.1 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  23. 32MAI-Image-2.6 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  24. 33MAI-Image-2.6 Flash vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  25. 34Muse Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  26. 35Grok Imagine Image 2.0 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  27. 36FLUX 3 Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  28. 37FLUX 3 Image Klein vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  29. 38Nano Banana 2.1 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  30. 39Ideogram 4.5 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  31. 40Hy Image 3.5 Preview vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  32. 41Recraft V4.1 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  33. 42Recraft V4.1 Flash vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  34. 43Bria FIBO 2 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  35. 44Krea 3 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  36. 45Qwen Image 3.0 Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  37. 46Qwen Image 3.0 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  38. 47Qwen Image 2.1 Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  39. 48Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  40. 49Wan 2.7 Image Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  41. 50Wan 2.7 Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  42. 51Seedream 5.0 Flash vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  43. 52SenseNova U1.5 Lite vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  44. 53Kling Image 3.0 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  45. 54Kling Image 3.0 Omni vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  46. 55Vidu Q2 Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  47. 56GLM-Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  48. 57MiniMax Image-01 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  49. 58Z-Image Turbo vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  50. 59Luma Uni-1.1 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  51. 60Runway Gen-4 Image vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  52. 61Adobe Firefly Image 3 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  53. 62Adobe Firefly Image 4 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  54. 63Adobe Firefly Image 4 Ultra vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  55. 64Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  56. 65Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  57. 66Bria FIBO Lite vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  58. 67Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  59. 68Seedream 4.5 vs. Seedream 5.0 Lite
  60. 69Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX.2 Klein 9B Preview
  61. 70Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. GPT Image 1 Mini
  62. 71Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. ChatGPT Image Latest (API-Alias)
  63. 72Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
  64. 73Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX.2 Klein 4B
  65. 74Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX.2 Dev
  66. 75Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX1.1 [pro]
  67. 76Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra
  68. 77Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX.1 [dev]
  69. 78Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]
  70. 79Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. FLUX.1 Kontext [max]
  71. 80Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Stable Diffusion XL 1.0
  72. 81Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Stable Diffusion 3 Medium
  73. 82Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. SDXL Turbo
  74. 83Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Stable Diffusion Turbo
  75. 84Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Grok Imagine Image 1.0
  76. 85Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. MOSS-Image-Base
  77. 86Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. MOSS-Image-SFT
  78. 87Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. LLaDA-Image
  79. 88Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. LLaDA-Image-Turbo
  80. 89Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Nucleus-Image
  81. 90Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. LongCat-Image
  82. 91Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. BAGEL-7B-MoT
  83. 92Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. OmniGen2
  84. 93Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Kandinsky-5.0-T2I-Lite-SFT
  85. 94Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Kandinsky-5.0-T2I-Lite-Pretrain
  86. 95Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Boogu-Image-0.1-Base
  87. 96Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo
  88. 97Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. SANA-1.5 1.6B 1024px
  89. 98Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. SANA-1.5 4.8B 1024px
  90. 99Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Sana-Sprint 0.6B 1024px
  91. 100Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Sana-Sprint 1.6B 1024px
  92. 101Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Chroma1-HD
  93. 102Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Chroma1-Flash
  94. 103Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. AuraFlow v0.3
  95. 104Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. PixArt-Sigma-XL-2-1024-MS
  96. 105Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Lumina-Image 2.0
  97. 106Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. HunyuanImage 3.0
  98. 107Seedream 5.0 Lite vs. Z-Image Base

All specifications

Watermarking and provenance

AI watermarking refers to invisible signals embedded in the output. Visible marks and provenance metadata are listed separately. Unknown means there is insufficient evidence for that particular field.

AI watermarking
Unknown
no source
Watermarking technique
Not known
no source
Visible watermark
In the BytePlus API, a visible ‘AI-generated’ label appears in the lower right by default. The watermark parameter can disable it.
Source: Visible watermark
Labelling reviewed
Nov 5, 2026
Source: Labelling reviewed

Licence and access

Access
API, Web
Source: Access
Lifecycle
Still-listed T2I/I2I model ID; Ark marks it as pending shutdown without giving a date in the reviewed source
Source: Lifecycle

API

API model ID
doubao-seedream-5-0-lite-260128. The API guide lists doubao-seedream-5-0-260128 as a compatible alternative; it is the same Lite choice, not a second benchmark entry.
Source: API model ID

Further details

Release context
ByteDance dates the release to February 13, 2026.
Source: Release context
Lifecycle
The current Ark model list marks this model ID as pending shutdown. Its actual reachability must be checked again before a run.
Source: Lifecycle

Prices

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$0.035 per image (estimated)Source

No ByteDance / Volcengine subscription includes this model. Through other providers from €6.83 a month (Poe Basic, with limited points). 27 plans in Germany.

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Runway Pro≈ €37.11with limited credit
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Runway Team≈ €73.16with limited credit, for teams, per seat
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Frequently asked questions about Seedream 5.0 Lite

How good is Seedream 5.0 Lite?

Rank 32 of 108 in our own test.

GraduallyBench from Nov 3, 2026

GraduallyBenchour own rating, 0 to 100 · higher is better
GPT Image 1.568
Qwen Image 3.068
MAI-Image-2.6 Flash67
Seedream 5.0 LiteRank 32 of 10867
Luma Uni-1.166
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)66
Nano Banana Pro66

What is Seedream 5.0 Lite good at?

Best at Product photography (89 out of 100), weakest at Character and detail (49).

GraduallyBench, one image per task

  1. Seedream 5.0 Lite: Typography and layoutTypography and layoutLegible text, hierarchy, and composition76out of 100Rank 24 of 108 in this task
  2. Seedream 5.0 Lite: Product photographyProduct photographyMaterials, reflections, and fine details89out of 100Rank 6 of 108 in this task
  3. Seedream 5.0 Lite: Character and detailCharacter and detailAnatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency49out of 100Rank 62 of 108 in this task
  4. Seedream 5.0 Lite: InfographicInfographicNumbers, labels, and visual organization56out of 100Rank 54 of 108 in this task

Where can I use Seedream 5.0 Lite?

Not in a ByteDance / Volcengine subscription. Including other providers that makes 27 plans in Germany.

Subscription comparison, prices in Germany incl. VAT

At ByteDance / Volcengine

No ByteDance / Volcengine subscription includes this model.

Through other providers

27 plans from 6 providers, from €6.83 a month (Poe Basic), with limited credits.

Sources and data date

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Benchmark sources at a glance

Which independent evaluators tested this model. This is coverage, not a quality ranking.

No active result from the reviewed external evaluators can currently be attributed to this model. Other source evidence remains available below.

Without vendor claims and historical or disputed results; those stay labelled in the single values.