Is ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite or DeepSeek: R1?

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite has the larger context window (262K tokens).

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite vs DeepSeek: R1

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite is cheaper on output tokens, while ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite offers a larger context window. Choose ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$2.00	$2.50
Context window	262K	64K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Mar 2026	Jan 2025

ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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