Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights benchmark

Name: Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Doubao Lite 1.5 and Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

ByteDance

Doubao Lite 1.5

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

Lite 1.5Img Elo 1,360

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

Open WeightsImg Elo 1,218$60/1k imgs

Doubao Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

Currently comparing Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights. 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 GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Doubao Lite 1.5 (0)vsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights (5)

Doubao Lite 1.5: 0W (0%)Overall: Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 5W (100%)

← Doubao Lite 1.5Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights →

🏆Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Image Elo

—vs1,218

Prompt adherence

—vs91%

Text rendering

—vs95.8%

Doubao Lite 1.5: 0WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 3W

🏆Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Generation time

—vs3.8s

Doubao Lite 1.5: 0WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 1W

🏆Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Price per 1k images

—vs$60/1k

Doubao Lite 1.5: 0WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights1,218

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights3.8s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$60/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights91%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights95.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Doubao Lite 1.5	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	—	1,218 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Generation time	—	3.8s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Price per 1k images	—	$60/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Prompt adherence	—	91% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Text rendering	—	95.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save up to 100% with Doubao Lite 1.5

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.00 / mo

Rate: $0/1k

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$1,500.00 / mo

Rate: $60/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $1,500.00/month ($18,000/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights 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

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$60/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$60/1k

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
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 Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Doubao Lite 1.5 matchups →|All Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights matchups →

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Doubao Pro 1.5 (next seed)Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) (previous ideogram)Seedream 5.0 Pro vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Seed 2.1 Turbo vs Doubao Lite 1.5 Seedream 4.0 vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Mistral Large 3 vs Doubao Lite 1.5

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights1,218

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights3.8s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$60/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights91%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering

Doubao Lite 1.5—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights95.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Doubao Lite 1.5	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	—	1,218 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Generation time	—	3.8s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Price per 1k images	—	$60/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Prompt adherence	—	91% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Text rendering	—	95.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

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 Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.