Archive · 24 Sep 2025
ByteDance's Seedream 4.0 Competes with Google's AI Tool
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, launched Seedream 4.0, an AI tool for image generation.
This new tool is designed to compete with Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image.
Seedream 4.0 combines text-to-image creation with image editing and is faster than previous versions.
Internal tests show it scoring higher than Google's tool in several key parameters.
It allows users to create images in 2K and 4K resolutions, include multiple reference images, and choose aspect ratios.
Seedream 4.0 is available on desktop, app, and API, with users praising its editing functions.
Pricing is $30 per 1,000 generations.
ByteDance released Seedream 4.0, an AI image generation tool.
The tool is designed to compete with Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image.
Seedream 4.0 combines text-to-image and image editing features.
The tool is faster than earlier versions, with a 10x speed increase.
Users have praised the new editing function's accuracy.
- Who
- ByteDance
- What
- Launched Seedream 4.0, an AI image generation tool.
- When
- September 2025
- Where
- China
- Why
- To compete with Google's 'Nano Banana' in the AI image generation market.
- Company
- ByteDance
- Product
- Seedream 4.0
- Competitor
- Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image ('Nano Banana')
- Key Features
- Text-to-image and image editing
- Speed Boost
- 10x faster image inference
- Pricing
- US$30 per 1,000 generations
- Availability
- Desktop, App, API
