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Seedream 5.0 Lite

Arena score
23.8

Text-to-Image

Rank
#21

of 44 ranked

Stars

1.0 of 5

Speed
Slow
Reliability
Fair
Price
$0.0350 / image
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Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

Neutral Expression to Genuine Smile
Feb 24, 2026
Night Sky Transformation
Feb 24, 2026
Modern Clean Menu
Feb 24, 2026
Bald man challenge
Feb 27, 2026
Arena / Performance 22 runs

Speed & reliability

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

Generation speed
37.9s median
P50 37.9s P95 tail 57.5s
Reliability
44.9% success
Sampled 22 ok excludes user errors
Arena / Skills

Skills

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

Top skills
  1. 1
    Portrait 27.2
    Image Editing
    78%
  2. 2
    Photorealism 22.5
    Image Editing
    54%
  3. 3
    Text Rendering 22.5
    Text-to-Image
    50%
  4. 4
    Anime 22.2
    Image Editing
    68%
  5. 5
    Photorealism 21.4
    Text-to-Image
    50%
Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge Seedream 5.0 Lite 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.

Portrait
3 challenges · 63% wins
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Photorealism
10 challenges · 53% wins
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Text-to-Image
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Image Editing
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Text Rendering
5 challenges · 50% wins
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Show 2 more skill lanes
Anime
1 challenge · 68% wins
Image Editing
Product, Branding & Commercial
2 challenges · 43% wins
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The seedream family

Other models in this lineage. Listed in release order.