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Doubao-Seed-2.1-Lite

Doubao Seed 2.1 lightweight model with a 1M-token context and audio understanding.

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Specs

Context
1.05M
Max output
262.1K
Input price
¥0.8/ 1M tokens
Output price
¥2.7/ 1M tokens
Released
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Context

Context window
1.05M
Max input
1.05M
Max output
262.1K

Pricing · CNY / 1M tokens

Input
¥0.8
Output
¥2.7
Cache read
¥0.16
Cache write
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Modalities

Input
TextImageVideo
Output
Text

API

API types
chatresponses

Reasoning

Reasoning
Yes
Levels
noneminimallowmediumhighxhighmax

Info

Status
Active
Released
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Knowledge cutoff
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Features

Confirmed
toolsstructured_outputstreamingcachingbatch
Source · official docsVerified 2026-10-10

How to call

1 provider

bytedancemodel = doubao-seed-2-1-lite-260915reasoning = reasoning_effort

chat
POSThttps://ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3/chat/completions
responses
POSThttps://ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3/responses

JSON

Standard format
doubao-seed-2-1-lite.json
{
  "id": "doubao-seed-2-1-lite",
  "object": "model",
  "created": null,
  "owned_by": "bytedance",
  "name": "Doubao-Seed-2.1-Lite",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "chat",
      "responses"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": 1048576,
    "input": 1048576,
    "output": 262144
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "text",
      "image",
      "video"
    ],
    "output": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": true,
    "efforts": [
      "none",
      "minimal",
      "low",
      "medium",
      "high",
      "xhigh",
      "max"
    ]
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "CNY",
    "unit": "1M_tokens",
    "input": 0.8,
    "output": 2.7,
    "cache_read": 0.16,
    "cache_write": null
  },
  "features": [
    "tools",
    "structured_output",
    "streaming",
    "caching",
    "batch"
  ],
  "info": {
    "status": "active",
    "release_date": null,
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "Doubao Seed 2.1 lightweight model with a 1M-token context and audio understanding.",
    "docs": "https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379/1330310",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-10"
  }
}

Official sources

3