Seedream 5.0 Pro

bytedance/seedream-5-0-pro · by ByteDance Seed · Diffusion transformer (DiT)

Pricing — 1 offering(s)

BytePlus (ModelArk)

About this offering: Generally available since ByteDance Seed's launch post on 2026-07-08. BytePlus sells Seedream 4.5 ($0.04 per image), Seedream 5.0 Lite ($0.035) and 5.0 Pro ($0.045–$0.09) side by side, and 5.0 Pro's launch makes no claim to replace 4.5, so both are treated as current-generation. ByteDance hasn't disclosed the architecture, parameter count or training method for this release.

Output · ≤2.36 megapixels

$0.045 / image Current 2026-07-22 → present

Output image price. BytePlus also charges for input reference images: the first is free, then $0.003 per…

Output image price. BytePlus also charges for input reference images: the first is free, then $0.003 per image from the second onward. Include that when estimating multi-reference editing costs. API model id: dola-seedream-5-0-pro-260628.

Output · >2.36 megapixels

$0.09 / image Current 2026-07-22 → present
Same source and same input-image-charge caveat as the output-standard tier above.

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About Seedream 5.0 Pro

Seedream 5.0 Pro is ByteDance Seed's current flagship-tier image model, launched on 2026-07-08 under the banner "Beyond Generation, It Understands Design". Neither the launch blog nor the dedicated model page discloses architecture, parameter count, or training methodology for this release, so this entry records `diffusion-transformer` as the closest defensible inference from continuity with the earlier Seedream models, not a ByteDance-confirmed specific.

ByteDance's own materials frame the release's core improvements as dense-text layout and "complex information visualization" — infographics, data visualization, professional and educational materials — plus precision editing "grounded in an understanding of spatial positions and regional semantics", photorealistic portrait and lighting work, and native support for around a dozen widely used languages. Text rendering, image-text alignment and structural coherence are named as improvements, without quantified scores.

There is no independently published GenEval or T2I-CompBench score for it. An independent Elo does exist — the Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image Arena (confirmed 2026-08-19) ranks Seedream 5.0 Pro #9 of about 147 models tracked (Elo 1280) — but that is a different benchmark type, not a substitute for GenEval. ByteDance makes no explicit benchmark comparison against Seedream 4.5 or 4.0, so the capability ratings in this entry are this release's standalone claims rather than a verified improvement delta. Modelglass records this entry's capability confidence as low.

Capability profile

How Seedream 5.0 Pro rates across core capability dimensions, with the task-level evidence behind each rating.

Text rendering Strong

ByteDance's own launch blog: 'accurately transforms data, concepts, and dense text into professional layouts' (the 'complex information visualization' feature) and cites 'text rendering' by name among the release's core improvements.

Compositional accuracy Strong

ByteDance's own launch blog: 'interactive precision editing, grounded in an understanding of spatial positions and regional semantics' — a specific spatial/regional-control claim, not generic marketing.

Photorealism Strong

ByteDance's own launch blog: 'realistic imagery and portrait textures... reproduces real-world lighting, materials, and skin textures.'

Prompt adherence Strong

ByteDance's own launch blog cites 'image-text alignment' and 'structural coherence' by name among the release's core improvements over prior versions, without a quantified score.

Resolution ceiling Unknown

No specific maximum resolution stated on ByteDance's own launch blog or model page. BytePlus's pricing page tiers output by megapixel count (≤2.36MP / >2.36MP) rather than a named resolution ceiling — see the registry entry's own pricing tiers.

Inference speed Unknown

Artistic style range Unknown

Ratings are estimated — limited independent data is available for this model.

Operator guidance

Route here for ByteDance's current flagship-tier image work — dense text layouts, precision spatial editing, or multilingual generation. Compare against Seedream 4.5 (same family, lower cost at $0.04/image flat vs this entry's $0.045-0.09 resolution-tiered pricing — no vendor claim found that 4.5 is now obsolete, see the registry entry's own generation-field note) or Gemini 3 Pro Image (also flagship-tier, text-heavy focus) — no independently verified head-to-head exists between any of these.

Use cases

Dense-text, high-information layouts — infographics, data visualization, professional/educational materials, per ByteDance's own 'complex information visualization' framing
Precision, spatially-grounded editing (sketch/annotation-guided regional edits)
Multilingual creative workflows — ByteDance's own page claims native support for 'a dozen widely used languages'
Photorealistic portrait/lighting work

Limitations

Resolution ceiling, inference speed, and artistic range are unrated — no vendor-primary claim found distinct from generic marketing
No architecture, parameter count, or training methodology disclosed for this specific release
ByteDance's own launch blog makes no explicit comparison or benchmark claim against Seedream 4.5 or 4.0 — capability_profile ratings above are this release's own standalone claims, not a verified improvement delta
No published GenEval or T2I-CompBench score. In the Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena (checked 2026-08-19) it ranks #9 of about 147 models (Elo 1280), which is a preference ranking rather than a capability benchmark.