Seed 2.0 Mini
Summary
Seed 2.0 Mini is a proprietary language model from ByteDance Seed, released on 14 Feb 2026. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 256K-token context window and up to 32K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens (DeepInfra), across 2 providers we track.
Lightweight ByteDance Seed 2.0 model for low-latency multimodal reasoning and high-volume tasks
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | ByteDance Seed |
|---|---|
| Release date | 14 Feb 2026 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Proprietary (API only) [models.dev] |
| Context window | 256K (256,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 32K tokens [models.dev] |
| Input | Text and images [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Structured output | Yes [models.dev] |
Seed 2.0 Mini API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra ByteDance/Seed-2.0-mini | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.02 | 256K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini | $0.10 | $0.40 | – | 262K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Seed 2.0 Mini?
Seed 2.0 Mini has a context window of 256,000 tokens (256K) and can generate up to 32,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Seed 2.0 Mini API cost?
Seed 2.0 Mini is listed from $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens (DeepInfra). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Seed 2.0 Mini open source?
No. Seed 2.0 Mini is a proprietary model; ByteDance Seed has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including DeepInfra, OpenRouter.
When was Seed 2.0 Mini released?
ByteDance Seed released Seed 2.0 Mini on 14 Feb 2026, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Seed 2.0 Mini?
We track Seed 2.0 Mini on 2 providers: DeepInfra, OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.