Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-4o mini benchmark

Name: Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-4o mini AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this head-to-head showdown, Doubao Lite 1.5 delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,360 vs 1,272), while Doubao Lite 1.5 leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (46%), 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.

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

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

Doubao Lite 1.5 (8)GPT-4o mini (1)

Doubao Lite 1.5

8 of 9 Wins

✓Preference Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Input price✓Output price

GPT-4o mini

1 of 9 Wins

✓Context window

ByteDance

Leads 8 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 1 of 9 metrics

GPT-4o mini

Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

4o MiniElo 1,272$0.6/1M out

Doubao Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

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

Active: Doubao Lite 1.5

Doubao Pro 1.5$0.28 Seed 2.1 Turbo$1.1

Top Rival Showdowns for Doubao Lite 1.5

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference LeaderDoubao Lite 1.5 Wins

Doubao Lite 1.5

Δ 88 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.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Doubao Lite 1.5 (9)vsGPT-4o mini (1)

Doubao Lite 1.5: 9W (90%)Overall: Doubao Lite 1.5GPT-4o mini: 1W (10%)

← Doubao Lite 1.5GPT-4o mini →

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-4o mini

Preference Elo

1,360vs1,272+88

Coding Elo

1,320vs—

SWE-bench

46%vs41.2%+4.8%

LiveBench

54%vs48.1%+5.9%

GPQA Diamond

64.2%vs60.1%+4.1%

Doubao Lite 1.5: 5WGPT-4o mini: 0W

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-4o mini

Output speed

180 tok/svs160 tok/s+20 tok/s

Time to first token

110 msvs130 ms+20 ms

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-4o mini: 0W

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-4o mini

Output price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.6/1M+$0.5/1M

Input price

$0.04/1Mvs$0.15/1M+$0.11/1M

Context window

33kvs128k+95k

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-4o mini: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+88

Doubao Lite 1.51,360

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GPT-4o mini1,272

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Coding Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,320

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GPT-4o mini—

LiveBench+5.9%

Doubao Lite 1.554%

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GPT-4o mini48.1%

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SWE-bench+4.8%

Doubao Lite 1.546%

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GPT-4o mini41.2%

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GPQA Diamond+4.1%

Doubao Lite 1.564.2%

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GPT-4o mini60.1%

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Time to first token+20 ms

Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms

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GPT-4o mini130 ms

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Output speed+20 tok/s

Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s

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GPT-4o mini160 tok/s

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Input price+$0.11/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M

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GPT-4o mini$0.15/1M

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Output price+$0.5/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M

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GPT-4o mini$0.6/1M

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Context window+95k

Doubao Lite 1.533k

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GPT-4o mini128k

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Benchmark	Doubao Lite 1.5	GPT-4o mini	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,360 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,272 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+88
Coding Elo	1,320 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	54% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	48.1% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+5.9%
SWE-bench	46% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	41.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+4.8%
GPQA Diamond	64.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	60.1% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+4.1%
Time to first token	110 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	130 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+20 ms
Output speed	180 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	160 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+20 tok/s
Input price	$0.04/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.15/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$0.11/1M
Output price	$0.1/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.6/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$0.5/1M
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 80% 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 mini$14.25 / mo

In: $5.25Out: $9

Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $11.35/month ($136/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
3
Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 as the default general assistant.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsDoubao Lite 1.5

Higher SWE-bench (46%).

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 mini

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionGPT-4o mini

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

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Doubao Lite 1.5	Higher SWE-bench (46%).
High-volume chat	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAG	GPT-4o mini	Larger window (128k).
Screenshots / vision	GPT-4o mini	GPT-4o mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

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 mini

Elo 1,272

SWE-bench41.2%

Speed (tok/s)160 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.15/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.6/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o mini?: 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 mini?: Doubao Lite 1.5 leads SWE-bench at 46% vs 41.2%. 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 $0.6/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o mini?: Doubao Lite 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 130 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: GPT-4o mini 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 mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-4o mini benchmark

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.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5

GPT-4o mini

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,360

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,272

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+88

Coding Elo

1,320

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

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LiveBench

54%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

48.1%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+5.9%

SWE-bench

46%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

41.2%

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+4.8%

GPQA Diamond

64.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

60.1%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+4.1%

Time to first token

110 ms

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130 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+20 ms

Output speed

180 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

160 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+20 tok/s

Input price

$0.04/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.15/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+$0.11/1M

Output price

$0.1/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.6/1M

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+$0.5/1M

Context window

33k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

128k

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+95k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsDoubao Lite 1.5

Higher SWE-bench (46%).

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 mini

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionGPT-4o mini

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

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Doubao Lite 1.5	Higher SWE-bench (46%).
High-volume chat	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAG	GPT-4o mini	Larger window (128k).
Screenshots / vision	GPT-4o mini	GPT-4o mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o mini?

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 mini?

Doubao Lite 1.5 leads SWE-bench at 46% vs 41.2%. 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 $0.6/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-4o mini?

Doubao Lite 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 130 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

GPT-4o mini 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 mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.