Compare Seed-2.0-Lite from bytedance-seed and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 from DeepSeek on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.


Seed-2.0-Lite and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
Seed-2.0-Lite, from bytedance-seed, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.45/M tokens input, $3/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
| Attribute | Seed-2.0-Lite | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.25/M tokens | $0.45/M tokens |
| Output price | $2/M tokens | $3/M tokens |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | Not available | 30.1 |
| Coding Index | Not available | 58.7 |
| Agentic Index | Not available | Not available |
| Latency (p50) | 1.22 s | 0.98 s |
| Throughput (p50) | 49.0 tok/s | 87.0 tok/s |
Benchmark data updated
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has the longer context window at 1,048,576 tokens, compared with 262,144 tokens for Seed-2.0-Lite.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 87.0 tokens per second compared with 49.0 tokens per second for Seed-2.0-Lite.