ByteDance Seed is the AI lab behind the models on this page. Browse their full catalog ranked by benchmarks, popularity, and hardware fit.
Models tracked
1
Open weight
1
API only
0
Avg score
8.5
Top benchmark
0.9
GenEval
Total HF downloads
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First release
Nov 2026
Latest release
Nov 2026
Ranked by composite score across benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | image | FF8.5 | — | Nov 2026 |
The strongest model from this provider in each modality. Click a card to open the model page.
How this provider’s catalog splits across text, image, video, audio, embedding, and decision models.
Composite grades across this provider’s catalog. Higher is better, blending benchmarks, popularity, and efficiency.
Models with downloadable weights, ranked by composite score.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | image | FF8.5 | — | Nov 2026 |
ByteDance Seed ships 1 model that we track. Of those, 1 are open weight and 0 are accessed through their API.
It depends on the model. See the open-weight section above for models you can run locally, and the API-only section for closed models priced per token.
By composite score, GenFirst is currently the top ByteDance Seed model in our directory. Composite score blends benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.

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Benchmark data sourced from: Hugging Face, Arena.ai, Artificial Analysis.