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Seedream 4.0

Arena score
24.7

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Rank
#15

of 62 ranked

Stars

4.0 of 5

Speed
Slow
Reliability
Fair
Price
$0.0300 / image

Especially good for Photorealism and Aesthetics.

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Arena / Gallery

Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

Isometric Miniature Diorama Scenes
Feb 5, 2026
Adorable Baby Animals in Sunny Meadow
Feb 5, 2026
Night Sky Transformation
Feb 5, 2026
Candid Street Photography
Feb 5, 2026
Arena / Performance

Speed & reliability

Measured across every provider serving this model, last 30 days.

Generation speed
13.0s median
P50 13.0s P95 tail 39.8s
Reliability
46.0% success
excludes user errors
Arena / Skills

Skills

The shape of this model's strengths, and the categories it ranks strongest in.

Skill signature

Where Seedream 4.0 earns its score, percentile-shaped across its skills.

Top skills
  1. 1
    Aesthetics 23.8
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    46%
  2. 2
    3D Imaging & Modeling 23.1
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    49%
  3. 3
    Prompt Adherence 23.0
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    45%
  4. 4
    Creativity 22.2
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    45%
  5. 5
    Photorealism 21.8
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    61%
Arena / Loved 2

Most loved

The generations the community up-votes most. A crowd signal, independent of the Elo ranking.

Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge Seedream 4.0 entered, grouped by the skill it tests and led by its strongest lanes. Scroll a lane to see them all; open a stack to compare its takes.

Aesthetics
14 challenges · 34% wins
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3D Imaging & Modeling
2 challenges · 49% wins
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Prompt Adherence
13 challenges · 42% wins
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Creativity
8 challenges · 46% wins
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Photorealism
14 challenges · 30% wins
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Text Rendering
7 challenges · 39% wins
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Product, Branding & Commercial
6 challenges · 37% wins
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Artistic Restyling
2 challenges · 49% wins
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Backgrounds & Scenes
2 challenges · 17% wins
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Lighting, Shadows & Materials
6 challenges · 17% wins
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Face & Identity
3 challenges · 28% wins
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Preservation
9 challenges · 24% wins
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Art
2 challenges · 50% wins
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People & Poses
2 challenges · 23% wins
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3 challenges · 5% wins
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The seedream family

Other models in this lineage. Listed in release order.