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AI model rankingsImage editingSeedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite

ByteDance Seed Released February 2026

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#33 of 77 for image editing 6,471 votes Updated Oct 30, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC

At a glance

How Seedream 5.0 Lite compares with the other 76 image editing models.

  • Middle of the pack. Ranked #33 of 77, 137 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 58% of models.

  • Close race with 18 models. Its score range overlaps with Fibo 2.0, Qwen-Image-2.1, Luma UNI 1 Max and 15 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually wins. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 53% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
ByteDance Seed
Category
Image editing
Released
February 2026 · 9 months ago
Best ByteDance Seed model
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Win rate vs all
55%
Companies ranked
25

Rank

#33

of 77 models

Elo rating

1,062

137 behind #1

typical 1,043

± range

±13

how certain the score is

Votes

6,471

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 overall31%
  • vs HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct · The model just above (#32)50%
  • vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro · The model just below (#34)51%
  • vs Seedream 4.5 · A typical model (the median)53%

Also ranked in

The same model in other categories.

  • Image generation#39 of 106

Nearby in the ranking

  • Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo

    Alibaba

    1,064

    Elo

    #31

    rank

  • HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct

    Tencent

    1,063

    Elo

    #32

    rank

  • Seedream 5.0 Lite

    ByteDance Seed

    1,062

    Elo

    #33

    rank

  • Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

    Alibaba2026-04-22

    1,058

    Elo

    #34

    rank

  • Nano Banana 2 Lite

    GoogleGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image

    1,054

    Elo

    #35

    rank

More from ByteDance Seed

  • Seedream 5.0 Pro

    ByteDance Seed

    1,131

    Elo

    #9

    rank

  • Seedream 4.5

    ByteDance Seed

    1,043

    Elo

    #39

    rank

  • SeedEdit 3.0

    ByteDance Seed

    901

    Elo

    #68

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Seedream 5.0 Lite the best image editing model?
Not quite: it's #33 of 77. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 137 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Seedream 5.0 Lite over it in about 31% 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 5.0 Lite has been in 6,471 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Seedream 5.0 Lite?
ByteDance Seed (seed.bytedance.com). They have 4 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Seedream 5.0 Lite?
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo (Alibaba), HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Tencent), Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (Alibaba), Nano Banana 2 Lite (Google) 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.