ByteDance Seed · Released Feb 14, 2026Seed 2.0 Mini
Lightweight ByteDance Seed 2.0 model for low-latency multimodal reasoning and high-volume tasks.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.03per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.297per 1M tokens
- Context
- 256K32K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.03per million tokens
- Output
- $0.297per million tokens
- Cached input
- $0.0059per million tokens
- Over 32K tokens
- $0.059 / $0.594input / output per million
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.097cheaper than 92% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.208 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $2.23 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $22.27 |
Official Volcengine Ark API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Seed 2.0 Mini yet.
The details
- Lab
- ByteDance Seed
- Released
- Feb 14, 2026
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Max output
- 32,000 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Adjustable effort minimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
doubao-seed-2-0-mini-260428on Volcengine Ark- Availability
- 8 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Seed 2.0 Mini
How much does Seed 2.0 Mini cost?
Seed 2.0 Mini costs $0.03 input / $0.297 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). Cached input is $0.0059 per million tokens. Requests over 32K tokens are billed at $0.059 input / $0.594 output. At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.097 per million tokens, cheaper than 92% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Seed 2.0 Mini?
Seed 2.0 Mini accepts up to 256,000 tokens per request and can write up to 32,000 tokens in one response.
How good is Seed 2.0 Mini?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Seed 2.0 Mini yet.
Is Seed 2.0 Mini open source?
No. Seed 2.0 Mini is proprietary; you use it through Volcengine Ark’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Seed 2.0 Mini support?
Seed 2.0 Mini accepts text, images and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model with minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh and max effort settings, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.
When was Seed 2.0 Mini released?
ByteDance Seed released Seed 2.0 Mini on Feb 14, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Seed 2.0 Mini?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Ministral 3 3B (Mistral AI, $0.10 / $0.10), Gemma 4 E4B IT (Google, $0.11 / $0.15), Step 3.5 Flash (StepFun, $0.10 / $0.30) and GLM-4.7-FlashX (Z.ai (Zhipu), $0.07 / $0.40).