Seed-2.0-Mini

ByteDance chatvisionvideoreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini-20260224

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About Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed is ByteDance's language model series, developed by the team behind TikTok and Douyin. The models deliver strong performance on general language tasks with particular strength in content generation and creative applications. Seed features efficient architecture suitable for high-volume deployment. The series includes flash variants optimized for speed. For applications requiring capable AI from a leading Chinese tech company, Seed offers reliable performance with content-focused strengths.

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#1 lowest price among 950 Chat models — Top 20% cheapest!

Model Specifications

Context Length
262k
Max Output
131k
Release Date
2026-02-26
Capabilities
chat vision video reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
textimagevideo
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

ByteDance Model Lineup

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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Seed-2.0-Mini API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini-20260224",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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