compare/DeepSeek V4 ProvsSeedream 5 Pro

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Seedream 5 Pro

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

Paste a prompt. Watch them race.

Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.

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 DeepSeek V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
Seedream 5 Pro
bytedance/seedream-5-pro
ProviderDeepseekByteDance
FamilyDeepSeekSeedream
Modalitytextimage
Context window131,072 tok
Max output32,768 tok
Released2026-06-082026-07-23
Input price$1.74 /1M$0.045 /img
Output price$3.48 /1M
Cache read
Tools
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
DeepSeek V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
Full spec →

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a high-capability reasoning model from DeepSeek, served via Fireworks infrastructure for production-grade inference.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Seedream 5 Pro
bytedance/seedream-5-pro
Full spec →

Seedream 5 Pro is ByteDance's high-quality image generation and editing model with text prompts, up to 10 reference images, and 1K, 2K, or explicit pixel-size output controls.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try DeepSeek V4 Pro
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Seedream 5 Pro — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="bytedance/seedream-5-pro",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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