BytePlus: Seed 2.0 Lite 260228
byteplus/seed-2-0-lite-260228
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import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "byteplus/seed-2-0-lite-260228"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
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<script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
<script>
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "byteplus/seed-2-0-lite-260228"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
</script>
</body>
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Model Card
Seed 2.0 Lite is ByteDance's mid-tier general-purpose language model, available here through BytePlus's hosting of ByteDance's Model Ark platform. It handles a 256K context window, supports tool calling, and accepts text, image, and video input, with text-only output.
On benchmarks ByteDance has reported, it scores 93.0 on AIME 2025, a 2233 Codeforces rating, 81.7 on LiveCodeBench v6, and 73.5 on SWE-Bench Verified. Third-party testing found it ahead of Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview on AIME 2025 and close on MMLU-Pro (87.7 vs 89.8), though behind on SWE-Bench Verified and limited to a smaller context window than Gemini's 1M tokens.
As the Lite tier of the Seed 2.0 family, it costs a fraction of the Pro variant per token, suited to high-volume production use like document summarization, customer support, and agent workflows where cost per call matters.
This entry is the February 28, 2026 pinned snapshot of the model.
Context Window 256K
tokens
Max Output 128K
tokens
Input Cost $0.25
per million tokens
Output Cost $2
per million tokens
Input text, image, video
modalities
Tool Use Yes
Release Date Feb 28, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
You can access Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 by BytePlus through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required. You can also use it with Python or cURL via Puter's OpenAI-compatible API.
Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 is free to try with a Puter account. Every account includes a free AI allowance, and you can chat with it in the playground on this page. You can upgrade your account anytime for a larger allowance.
Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 is free to integrate using the Puter.js AI API. With the User-Pays Model, you can add AI to your app for $0, since users cover their own AI usage through their Puter account.
| Price per 1M tokens | |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 |
| Output | $2 |
Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 was created by BytePlus and released on Feb 28, 2026.
Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 supports a context window of 256K tokens. For reference, that is roughly equivalent to 512 pages of text.
Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 can generate up to 128K tokens in a single response.
Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 accepts the following input types: text, image, video. It produces: text.
Yes, Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 supports tool use (function calling), allowing it to interact with external tools, APIs, and data sources as part of its response flow.
Yes — the Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.
Add Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 to your app for free
Developers can integrate Seed 2.0 Lite 260228 for free using the Puter.js AI API.
With the User-Pays Model, each user covers their own AI usage instead of the developer.