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  3. Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-4o

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-4o benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Doubao Lite 1.5 delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,360 vs 1,335), while GPT-4o leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (54.8%), while Doubao Lite 1.5 is more budget-friendly at $0.1/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Doubao Lite 1.5 holds the advantage over GPT-4o in overall benchmark performance and human evaluation rankings. Choose Doubao Lite 1.5 for demanding workloads, or review the breakdown below to compare coding and pricing metrics.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

9 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Doubao Lite 1.5 (5)GPT-4o (4)
Doubao Lite 1.5
5 of 9 Wins
✓Preference Elo✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Input price✓Output price
GPT-4o
4 of 9 Wins
✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Context window
ByteDance
Leads 5 of 9 metrics
Doubao Lite 1.5

ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Lite 1.5Elo 1,360$0.1/1M out
OpenAI
Leads 4 of 9 metrics
GPT-4o

Previous OpenAI flagship. Still a common compare baseline on legacy pages.

Elo 1,335$10/1M out

Doubao Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

Currently comparing Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-4o. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Doubao Lite 1.5
Doubao Pro 1.5$0.28Seed 2.1 Turbo$1.1
Top Rival Showdowns for Doubao Lite 1.5
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference LeaderDoubao Lite 1.5 Wins

Doubao Lite 1.5

Δ 25 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderDoubao Lite 1.5 Wins

Doubao Lite 1.5

180 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderDoubao Lite 1.5 Wins

Doubao Lite 1.5

$0.1 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Percentile 0–100
Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Doubao Lite 1.5 (6)vsGPT-4o (4)
Doubao Lite 1.5: 6W (60%)Overall: Doubao Lite 1.5GPT-4o: 4W (40%)
← Doubao Lite 1.5GPT-4o →
🏆GPT-4o(3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-4o
Preference Elo
1,360vs1,335+25
Coding Elo
1,320vs—
SWE-bench
46%vs54.8%+8.8%
LiveBench
54%vs54.2%+0.2%
GPQA Diamond
64.2%vs73.2%+9%
Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-4o: 3W
🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-4o
Output speed
180 tok/svs110 tok/s+70 tok/s
Time to first token
110 msvs180 ms+70 ms
Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-4o: 0W
🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-4o
Output price
$0.1/1Mvs$10/1M+$9.9/1M
Input price
$0.04/1Mvs$2.5/1M+$2.46/1M
Context window
33kvs128k+95k
Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-4o: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+25
Doubao Lite 1.51,360
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o1,335
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Coding Elo
Doubao Lite 1.51,320
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o—
LiveBench+0.2%
Doubao Lite 1.554%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o54.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
SWE-bench+8.8%
Doubao Lite 1.546%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o54.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPQA Diamond+9%
Doubao Lite 1.564.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o73.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token+70 ms
Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o180 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed+70 tok/s
Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o110 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price+$2.46/1M
Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o$2.5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output price+$9.9/1M
Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o$10/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Context window+95k
Doubao Lite 1.533k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-4o128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
BenchmarkDoubao Lite 1.5GPT-4oAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,360
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,335
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+25
Coding Elo
1,320
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
LiveBench
54%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
54.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+0.2%
SWE-bench
46%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
54.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+8.8%
GPQA Diamond
64.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
73.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+9%
Time to first token
110 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
180 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+70 ms
Output speed
180 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
110 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+70 tok/s
Input price
$0.04/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$2.5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$2.46/1M
Output price
$0.1/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$10/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$9.9/1M
Context window
33k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+95k
Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 99% with Doubao Lite 1.5
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Doubao Lite 1.5$2.90 / mo
In: $1.4Out: $1.5
GPT-4o$237.50 / mo
In: $87.5Out: $150
Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $234.60/month ($2,815/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    GPT-4o:Pick GPT-4o when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
  • 2
    Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 3
    Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGPT-4o

Higher SWE-bench (54.8%).

High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower TTFT (110 ms).

Long-document RAGGPT-4o

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionGPT-4o

GPT-4o is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsGPT-4oHigher SWE-bench (54.8%).
High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIDoubao Lite 1.5Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAGGPT-4oLarger window (128k).
Screenshots / visionGPT-4oGPT-4o is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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newsMay 13, 2024

GPT-4o stays as the 2024 compare anchor people still search

Deprecated for buying. Kept because “4o vs sonnet” is still a typed query.

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ByteDance

Doubao Lite 1.5

Elo 1,360
SWE-bench46%
Speed (tok/s)180 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.04/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M
OpenAI

GPT-4o

Elo 1,335
SWE-bench54.8%
Speed (tok/s)110 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$2.5/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$10/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o?
Doubao Lite 1.5 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,360). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o?
GPT-4o leads SWE-bench at 54.8% vs 46%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Doubao Lite 1.5 output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $10/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o?
Doubao Lite 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 180 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-4o accepts 128k tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Doubao Lite 1.5 and GPT-4o Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • news · May 13, 2024

    GPT-4o stays as the 2024 compare anchor people still search

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