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Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Reka Edge benchmark

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

In this head-to-head showdown, Reka Edge 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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Executive Verdict Summary

Doubao Lite 1.5 holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Doubao Lite 1.5Top code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Doubao Lite 1.5Top logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

Reka EdgeLowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Doubao Lite 1.5Fastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Doubao Lite 1.5 (2)Reka Edge (1)

Doubao Lite 1.5

2 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Context window

Reka Edge

1 of 3 Wins

✓Output price

ByteDance

Leads 2 of 3

Doubao Lite 1.5

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

Lite 1.5Elo 1,360In: $0.04 · Out: $0.1/1M

rekaai

Leads 1 of 3

Reka Edge

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (rekaai/reka-edge). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.1 · Out: $0.1/1M

Doubao Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

Currently comparing Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Reka Edge. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Doubao Lite 1.5

Doubao Pro 1.5$0.28 Seed 2.1 Turbo$2.5

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 Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderReka Edge Wins

Reka Edge

$0.09999999999999999 / 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 standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Doubao Lite 1.5 (9)vsReka Edge (1)

Doubao Lite 1.5: 9W (90%)Reka Edge: 1W (10%)

← Doubao Lite 1.5Reka Edge →

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5 Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsReka Edge

Preference Elo

1,360vs—

Coding Elo

1,320vs—

SWE-bench

46%vs—

LiveBench

54%vs—

GPQA Diamond

64.2%vs—

Doubao Lite 1.5: 5WReka Edge: 0W

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsReka Edge

Output speed

180 tok/svs—

Time to first token

110 msvs—

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WReka Edge: 0W

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5 Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsReka Edge

Output price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.1/1M+$0/1M

Input price

$0.04/1Mvs$0.1/1M+$0.06/1M

Context window

33kvs16k+16k

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WReka Edge: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Doubao Lite 1.5Reka Edge

Preference Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,360

Reka Edge—

Coding Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,320

Reka Edge—

LiveBench

Doubao Lite 1.554%

Reka Edge—

SWE-bench

Doubao Lite 1.546%

Reka Edge—

GPQA Diamond

Doubao Lite 1.564.2%

Reka Edge—

Time to first token

Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms

Reka Edge—

Output speed

Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s

Reka Edge—

Input priceDoubao Lite 1.5 +$0.06/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M

Reka Edge$0.1/1M

Output priceReka Edge +$0/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M

Reka Edge$0.1/1M

Context windowDoubao Lite 1.5 +16k

Doubao Lite 1.533k

Reka Edge16k

Benchmark	Doubao Lite 1.5	Reka Edge	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,360 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,320 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	54% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	46% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
GPQA Diamond	64.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Time to first token	110 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Output speed	180 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.04/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.1/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.06/1M
Output price	$0.1/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.1/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0/1M
Context window	33k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	16k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+16k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save 42% 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

Reka Edge$5.00 / mo

In: $3.5Out: $1.5

Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $2.10/month ($25/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Reka Edge:Pick Reka Edge when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatReka Edge

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGDoubao Lite 1.5

Larger window (33k).

Screenshots / visionReka Edge

Reka Edge 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	Reka Edge	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Doubao Lite 1.5	Larger window (33k).
Screenshots / vision	Reka Edge	Reka Edge is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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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

rekaai

Reka Edge

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)16k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Edge?: 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 Reka Edge?: 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?: Reka Edge output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $0.1/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Edge?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Doubao Lite 1.5 accepts 33k tokens versus 16k.
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 Reka Edge 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 Reka Edge matchups →

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Doubao Pro 1.5 (next seed)Seed 2.1 Turbo vs Doubao Lite 1.5 Mistral Large 3 vs Doubao Lite 1.5 Yi-Lightning vs Doubao Lite 1.5 Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Doubao Lite 1.5 Gemini 3 Flash vs Doubao Lite 1.5

Capability Percentiles

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

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Doubao Lite 1.5Reka Edge

Preference Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,360

Reka Edge—

Coding Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,320

Reka Edge—

LiveBench

Doubao Lite 1.554%

Reka Edge—

SWE-bench

Doubao Lite 1.546%

Reka Edge—

GPQA Diamond

Doubao Lite 1.564.2%

Reka Edge—

Time to first token

Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms

Reka Edge—

Output speed

Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s

Reka Edge—

Input priceDoubao Lite 1.5 +$0.06/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M

Reka Edge$0.1/1M

Output priceReka Edge +$0/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M

Reka Edge$0.1/1M

Context windowDoubao Lite 1.5 +16k

Doubao Lite 1.533k

Reka Edge16k

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5

Reka Edge

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,360

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

Coding Elo

1,320

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

54%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

46%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

GPQA Diamond

64.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Time to first token

110 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Output speed

180 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Input price

$0.04/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.06/1M

Output price

$0.1/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0/1M

Context window

33k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

16k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+16k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatReka Edge

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGDoubao Lite 1.5

Larger window (33k).

Screenshots / visionReka Edge

Reka Edge 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	Reka Edge	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Doubao Lite 1.5	Larger window (33k).
Screenshots / vision	Reka Edge	Reka Edge is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Edge?

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 Reka Edge?

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?

Reka Edge output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $0.1/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Edge?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Doubao Lite 1.5 accepts 33k tokens versus 16k.

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 Reka Edge Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.