ByteDance

Seedream 5.0 Lite

AI Image Editing Model

Mode:

All Text to Image Image Edit

Image Featured #5 Image-to-Image

ByteDance's image generation model with built-in reasoning, example-based editing, and deep domain knowledge, supporting up to 3K resolution

What Seedream 5.0 Lite 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 #3 Portrait (Image Editing), #6 Photorealism (Image Editing), and #13 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 33% of all competing models.

Seedream 5.0 Lite Strengths

Seedream 5.0 Lite outperforms most competing models here

Portrait

Image Editing

Ranked #3 of 15 models · 72.2% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite — Portrait (edited)

Before After

Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana ranks higher

Before After

#4 Nano Banana... ranks lower

Before After

#12 Wan 2.6 ranks lower

Before After

#15 Z-Image Turbo ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #6 of 19 models · 52.2% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#15 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#15 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image

Ranked #13 of 37 models · 49.1% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Apollo 11: Journey to Tranq... Chalkboard Menu Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... Modern Clean Menu The Halloween Invitation Vintage Cafe Logo

Other categories

Seedream 5.0 Lite competes but doesn't rank as highly

Anime

Image Editing

Ranked #7 of 14 models · 60.9% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Photorealism

Text-to-Image

Ranked #18 of 38 models · 39.3% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Candid Street Photography Chalkboard Menu Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... The Capybara Taxi Driver The Reversed Rodeo

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image

Ranked #15 of 29 models · 43.5% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... Vintage Cafe Logo

Portrait

Text-to-Image

Ranked #20 of 23 models · 26.7% win rate Leaderboard

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Fantasy Warrior