Seedream 4.0

AI Image Editing Model

Image $$ · 3¢

ByteDance's image generation model with integrated text-to-image and image editing capabilities in a unified architecture, supporting up to 4K resolution

What Seedream 4.0 is good at

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image. Excels at #10 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #17 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #17 Creativity (Text-to-Image), #20 Prompt Adherence (Text-to-Image), #20 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image), #11 3D Imaging & Modeling (Text-to-Image), and #21 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 36% of all competing models.

Seedream 4.0 Strengths

Seedream 4.0 outperforms most competing models here

Photorealism

Text-to-Image
Ranked #10 of 61 models · 58.3% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image
Ranked #17 of 62 models · 44.8% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Text-to-Image
Ranked #17 of 56 models · 44.3% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image
Ranked #20 of 60 models · 43.2% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image
Ranked #20 of 58 models · 37.9% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image
Ranked #11 of 29 models · 47.6% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image
Ranked #21 of 56 models · 36.7% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Other categories

Seedream 4.0 competes but doesn't rank as highly

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing
Ranked #9 of 15 models · 48.6% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Image Editing
Ranked #9 of 15 models · 48.6% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #19 of 29 models · 23.3% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #18 of 26 models · 19.3% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#7 Seedream 5.... ranks higher
Before After
#20 Vidu Q2 ranks lower
Before After
#26 P-Image Edit ranks lower

Art

Text-to-Image
Ranked #17 of 24 models · 50.0% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #20 of 28 models · 16.3% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing
Ranked #16 of 22 models · 31.7% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Face & Identity

Image Editing
Ranked #13 of 16 models · 26.4% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher
Before After
#5 GPT Image 1.5 ranks higher
Before After
#16 Z-Image Turbo ranks lower

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing
Ranked #15 of 16 models · 16.5% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Image Editing
Ranked #15 of 16 models · 21.4% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#5 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher
Before After
#13 Reve Image 1.0 ranks higher
Before After
#16 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks lower

People & Poses

Image Editing
Ranked #17 of 18 models · 22.6% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#14 FLUX.2 [pro] ranks higher
Before After
#18 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing
Ranked #19 of 19 models · 5.2% win rate Leaderboard
Seedream 4.0
Same prompt, other models