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AI model rankingsImage editingSeedream 4.5

Seedream 4.5

ByteDance Seed Released December 2025

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#39 of 77 for image editing 5,473 votes Updated Oct 30, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC

At a glance

How Seedream 4.5 compares with the other 76 image editing models.

  • Middle of the pack. Ranked #39 of 77, 156 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 50% of models.

  • Close race with 16 models. Its score range overlaps with Ideogram 4.5, Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro, Qwen-Image-3.0 and 13 more, so you may not notice a difference.

Model details

Made by
ByteDance Seed
Category
Image editing
Released
December 2025 · 11 months ago
Best ByteDance Seed model
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Win rate vs all
52%
Companies ranked
25

Rank

#39

of 77 models

Elo rating

1,043

156 behind #1

typical 1,043

± range

±13

how certain the score is

Votes

5,473

blind comparisons

Where it ranks

This model next to its closest competitors. Click another bar to open that model.

Head-to-head chances

How often people would pick this model over another in a blind vote, based on the Elo scores.

  • vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst · #1 overall29%
  • vs Wan 2.6 Image · The model just above (#38)50%
  • vs Luma UNI 1 · The model just below (#40)50%

Also ranked in

The same model in other categories.

  • Image generation#30 of 106

Nearby in the ranking

  • NA

    DreamImage 2.0

    Newport AI

    1,048

    Elo

    #37

    rank

  • Wan 2.6 Image

    Alibaba

    1,044

    Elo

    #38

    rank

  • Seedream 4.5

    ByteDance Seed

    1,043

    Elo

    #39

    rank

  • Luma UNI 1

    Luma Labs

    1,043

    Elo

    #40

    rank

  • Wan 2.7

    Alibaba

    1,042

    Elo

    #41

    rank

More from ByteDance Seed

  • Seedream 5.0 Pro

    ByteDance Seed

    1,131

    Elo

    #9

    rank

  • Seedream 5.0 Lite

    ByteDance Seed

    1,062

    Elo

    #33

    rank

  • SeedEdit 3.0

    ByteDance Seed

    901

    Elo

    #68

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Seedream 4.5 the best image editing model?
Not quite: it's #39 of 77. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 156 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Seedream 4.5 over it in about 29% of blind votes.
How is this ranking made?
People are shown two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the one they like more. Seedream 4.5 has been in 5,473 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Seedream 4.5?
ByteDance Seed (seed.bytedance.com). They have 4 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Seedream 4.5?
DreamImage 2.0 (Newport AI), Wan 2.6 Image (Alibaba), Luma UNI 1 (Luma Labs), Wan 2.7 (Alibaba) are ranked closest to it. The best model from another company is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI.

People see two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the better one. Gaps under about 20 Elo points are hard to notice in practice.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.