Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Reka Flash 3 benchmark

Name: Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Reka Flash 3 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, 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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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

Doubao Lite 1.5Lowest 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 Flash 3 (1)

Doubao Lite 1.5

2 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price

Reka Flash 3

1 of 3 Wins

✓Context window

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 Flash 3

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (rekaai/reka-flash-3). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.1 · Out: $0.2/1M

Doubao Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

Currently comparing Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Reka Flash 3. 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 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 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 Flash 3 (1)

Doubao Lite 1.5: 9W (90%)Reka Flash 3: 1W (10%)

← Doubao Lite 1.5Reka Flash 3 →

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5 Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsReka Flash 3

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 Flash 3: 0W

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsReka Flash 3

Output speed

180 tok/svs—

Time to first token

110 msvs—

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WReka Flash 3: 0W

🏆Doubao Lite 1.5 Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5vsReka Flash 3

Output price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.2/1M+$0.1/1M

Input price

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

Context window

33kvs66k+33k

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WReka Flash 3: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Doubao Lite 1.5Reka Flash 3

Preference Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,360

Reka Flash 3—

Coding Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,320

Reka Flash 3—

LiveBench

Doubao Lite 1.554%

Reka Flash 3—

SWE-bench

Doubao Lite 1.546%

Reka Flash 3—

GPQA Diamond

Doubao Lite 1.564.2%

Reka Flash 3—

Time to first token

Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms

Reka Flash 3—

Output speed

Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s

Reka Flash 3—

Input priceDoubao Lite 1.5 +$0.06/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.1/1M

Output priceDoubao Lite 1.5 +$0.1/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.2/1M

Context windowReka Flash 3 +33k

Doubao Lite 1.533k

Reka Flash 366k

Benchmark	Doubao Lite 1.5	Reka Flash 3	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	$0.2/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.1/1M
Context window	33k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	66k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+33k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save 55% 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 Flash 3$6.50 / mo

In: $3.5Out: $3

Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $3.60/month ($43/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGReka Flash 3

Larger window (66k).

Screenshots / visionReka Flash 3

Reka Flash 3 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	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Reka Flash 3	Larger window (66k).
Screenshots / vision	Reka Flash 3	Reka Flash 3 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 Flash 3

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)66k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Flash 3?: 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 Flash 3?: 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?: Doubao Lite 1.5 output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $0.2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Flash 3?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Reka Flash 3 accepts 66k 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 Reka Flash 3 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 Flash 3 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 Flash 3

Preference Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,360

Reka Flash 3—

Coding Elo

Doubao Lite 1.51,320

Reka Flash 3—

LiveBench

Doubao Lite 1.554%

Reka Flash 3—

SWE-bench

Doubao Lite 1.546%

Reka Flash 3—

GPQA Diamond

Doubao Lite 1.564.2%

Reka Flash 3—

Time to first token

Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms

Reka Flash 3—

Output speed

Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s

Reka Flash 3—

Input priceDoubao Lite 1.5 +$0.06/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.1/1M

Output priceDoubao Lite 1.5 +$0.1/1M

Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.2/1M

Context windowReka Flash 3 +33k

Doubao Lite 1.533k

Reka Flash 366k

Benchmark

Doubao Lite 1.5

Reka Flash 3

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,360

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

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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

$0.2/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.1/1M

Context window

33k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

66k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+33k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGReka Flash 3

Larger window (66k).

Screenshots / visionReka Flash 3

Reka Flash 3 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	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Reka Flash 3	Larger window (66k).
Screenshots / vision	Reka Flash 3	Reka Flash 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Flash 3?

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 Flash 3?

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?

Doubao Lite 1.5 output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $0.2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Reka Flash 3?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Reka Flash 3 accepts 66k 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 Reka Flash 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.