GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini vs Seed-2.0-Lite

Prices checked

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini takes 2 of 5 rounds against Seed-2.0-Lite. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.61 per million tokens against $0.69.

OpenAIWins 2 rounds

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini

400k context · tool calling · reads images

$0.61/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Poe · $0.24 per 1,000 pages

View at Poe
ByteDance

Seed-2.0-Lite

262k context · tool calling · reads images

$0.69/M tokens

OpenRouter's own price · $0.27 per 1,000 pages

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.25/M

$0.25/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$2/M

$2/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

$0.61/M at Poe

none below the maker

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$0.69/M

$0.69/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.24

$0.27

Context

400k tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

not published

not published

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

yes

yes

Reads images

yes

yes

Reasoning

yes

yes

Released

13 Nov 2025

10 Mar 2026

Providers selling it

18

11

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not published

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 7

  • Eden AI$0.69 / $0.69
  • Kilo Gateway$0.69 / $0.69
  • LLM Gateway$0.69 / $0.69
  • NanoGPT$0.69 / $0.69
  • Nous Portal$0.69 / $0.69
  • OpenRouter$0.69 / $0.69
  • Poe$0.61 / $0.87

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, then Seed-2.0-Lite, per million tokens.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini or Seed-2.0-Lite?
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, at $0.61 per million tokens against $0.69 for Seed-2.0-Lite, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: $0.61 at Poe. Seed-2.0-Lite: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.69 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?
Yes. 7 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, NanoGPT, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, at 400k tokens against 262k.

Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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